2013-11-06

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2013-11-06

Title text: 2013-11-06

Votey

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The Top

Reasons This Infographic

Is Just Wrong Enough

To Sound Convincing

All of our information is from Wikipedia, stuff we heard in science survey courses but never fact-checked, and assertions by clearly biased organizations.

According to Infographic Sellers of America" 100% of businesses can benefit from infographics regardless quality.

Beneficial Business Areas

This is confirmed by sociology psychology`, and political economy

We use statistics that are only important if you don't think about them.

100% of canadas" contain potential infographic readers

100%

Did you know, the number one source of current infographic readers is potential infographic readers?

3

We move seamlessly between real dollars, nominal dollars, and percentages.

$1,000 For just 1% of YOUR BUSINESS'S budget which may low as $1,000 1844 money you could have 31,000 cash, RIGHT NOW $31,000 o o o

%

We have line graphs with absurd scaling AND two variables on the same axis.

0.1%

8

Average Growth Difference Between Infographic Using Companies And Non Infographic Using Companies

Number Of

Neurons Engaged In Infographic Consumption

Per Second

c.c%

o

Time

We use polar area diagrams. Ever.

99% the time bar graph would've been better

70% time, pie chart

would've been better

50% of people will never see polar area diagram outside

of this polar area diagram

100% polar area diagrams look really cool"

4% humans even know

how calculate the area of

a circular sector'

83% humans are bad at

estimating area when isn't

shaped like rectangle

100% this slice doesn't

touch the center the graph.

What does that even mean?

We have so many asterisks" after our claims that it'd take a week` to determine whether anything in the

diagram is meaningful.

Reference: Books ret existent. Asterisks for semblance of authority **** They're like saws mohawks something ##### Is the title of a Malcolm Gladwell book

• • • • • • Source. This diagram ####### ******** ******** #######

Bv Zach Weiner, SMBC (smbc comics com) & Illustrated by Ross Nover, FPO (systemcomic .com)

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Votey Transcript

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Nobody even knows what polar area diagrams are.

I hate them so much. Of in

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