This beautiful monologue by Alessia Ciarrocchi at #propagandalive gave us the starting point for a reflection. The Science of which Alessia Ciarrocchi tells us, the one that embodies democratic values, was born a few centuries ago when Galilei revolutionized how we looked at nature. Galilei formalizes something that moved in the thought of his time: the scientific method.
Since then, studying reality has followed a rigorous path based on the observation of a phenomenon, the formulation of a possible explanation of the same, which must then be validated by collecting (appropriately) observations and analyzing the results of the observation (experiment). From these results, it is decided whether to accept, reject, or partially modify the explanation given and then start again with the same procedure.
In this description of the scientific method, it is immediately apparent where Statistics enters. It is the pillar of this research path: In part, it enters into the definition of the mathematical model that describes the initial explanation, provides the methods for designing the observation, and the correct techniques to analyze the result in the light of the formalization given by the mathematical model initial.
Statistics is not a specific science understood as a homogeneous body of knowledge of a field of reality. Still, it represents the methodological foundation of the whole of Science, and for this reason, its role becomes central today. Statistics allows the quantitative verification of political decisions, allows for dismantling the hoaxes, in short, allows the control of democratic values, especially now, at the time of the "data society."
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