Those who believe that “graphs are tools for seeing the truth” will think it wrong to distort graphs to convey a particular message, and those who believe that “graphs are tools for conveying a message” will think it wrong to use graphs that do not convey what one wants to convey.
When you delve deeper, the discussion becomes parallel because it comes down to what each person considers to be good.
I think I’m surrounded by a large percentage of the former, but I think the latter people see the former as a variant of this: Correct, but not funny..
relevance - Factual and action-oriented
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