Re: [Marxism] Debunking Third World myths

[Mehmet Cagatay <mehmetcagatayaydin@xxxxxxxxx>]

Joaquin,

Thank you for a detailed analysis of Rosling's statistical trickery. I didn't 
have knowledge, time and sources to expose his manipulation, so instead of 
raising my doubts on what he says and declaring that I don't believe in 
statistical data, I chose to say, "I have no doubt about his integrity". When I 
say that I have no doubt about something it usually means I really have some 
doubts about it but it is awkward to proceed from pure suspicion. Therefore, I 
had no intention to give credit to Rosling in my previous post. The only data 
came to my mind was Russia's decline of life expectancy, with knowing that the 
reason of this decline is obvious for comrades in Marxmail, I describe it as 
"inexplicable" incidence if we assume Rosling's data is correct. 

Best,   
                 


Mehmet Çagatay
http://weblogmca.blogspot.com/


      

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