Hans Rosling

That is a most illuminating talk, varian. All those people who scorn statistics because it is made boring and they don't understand them should watch it!

In his talk "How not to be ignorant about the world" Hans Rosling first demonstrated how wrong most people are in their assumptions, on average guessing the wrong answer more often than chimpanzees, who just guessed at random, then examined the causes of bias - our limited personal experience, having learned out of date facts and the media bias towards unusual, sensational events making us think they occur far more often than they do.

www.ted.com/talks/hans_and_ola_rosling_how_not_to_be_ignorant_about_the_world

Our ignorance of the truth, and growing disregard for it, explains a great deal about the growth of populism.

He was such a positive person. Thanks for the link, varian.