This is a good book, it simplifies things a lot but virtually all science reported in the news is made of half-truths especially when they throw numbers and graphs around. That's before you even look into who funded the study and how it was performed (which is virtually never told to you).
Scientism (aka the worship of "experts") has destroyed common sense.
https://www.amazon.com/How-Lie-Statistics-Darrell-Huff/dp/0393310728
This is a good book, it simplifies things a lot but virtually all science reported in the news is made of half-truths especially when they throw numbers and graphs around. That's before you even look into who funded the study and how it was performed (which is virtually never told to you).