12/25/22: We often think statistics are the enemy, numbers used to mislead and confuse us. 

Our guest this weekend, Tim Harford, says that's a mistake. 

In his latest book, The Data Detective, Harford says we shouldn’t be suspicious of statistics, we need to understand what they mean and how they can improve our lives: they are, at heart, human behavior seen through the prism of numbers and are often “the only way of grasping much of what is going on around us.” 

12/24/22: We often think statistics are the enemy, numbers used to mislead and confuse us. 

Our guest this weekend, Tim Harford, says that's a mistake. 

In his latest book, The Data Detective, Harford says we shouldn’t be suspicious of statistics, we need to understand what they mean and how they can improve our lives: they are, at heart, human behavior seen through the prism of numbers and are often “the only way of grasping much of what is going on around us.”