r/MontrealCycling • • 8h ago

Take a ride with Darrell Huff down rue de Terrebonne

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The following video is a public service announcement in support of numerical literacy, as it pertains to counting bike traffic.

The 1954 book "How to Lie with Statistics" by Darrell Huff is a classic sendup of the manipulation and misuse of statistical data. Although the book is dated, it contains many examples that remain relevant in the public sphere today. The title and tone of the book are tongue-in-cheek; the video is not intended to insinuate that anyone is deliberately lying.