"Proofiness" discussion in September for Oconee Democrats book group
From: Pat Priest ppriest@charter.net Date: September 8, 2012 1:54:03 PM EDT To: Oconee County Democrats ; oconee@yahoogroups.com Subject: [oconee] "Proofiness" discussion in September Reply-To: oconee@yahoogroups.com The Oconee Democrats' book group is reading Charles Seife's "Proofiness: The Dark Arts of Mathematical Deception" for its September book. Among the topics Seife explores is the Bush v. Gore outcome in 2000. Many of our book choices in 2012 have highlighted our strong support for science and carefully reasoned knowledge. Here's a portion of the book's review in the New York Times: "Seife, a veteran science writer who teaches journalism at New York University, examines the many ways that people fudge with numbers, sometimes just to sell more moisturizer but also to ruin our economy, rig our elections, convict the innocent and under count the needy. Many of his stories would be darkly funny if t...