Will We All Be Overweight By 2048?

Will we all be overweight by 2048? The dangers of linear regression and linear thinking. Taken from a chapter of Jordan Ellenberg's amazing book How Not to Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking.

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*SOURCES*
How To Not Be Wrong, The Power of Mathematical Thinking - Jordan Ellenberg
https://www.amazon.com/How-Not-Be-Wrong-Mathematical/dp/0143127535