Innumeracy
John Brignell is saving the world, one blockhead at a time. At Number Watch, the electronics engineer exposes numerical illiteracy in politics and the media.
Last month's number, for instance, was 0.00035. That's the percentage of customers who complained about smoking in an outdoor venue, and who nonetheless won a total ban, thanks to a campaign led by the local BBC station. This makes no sense, but most people didn't seem to notice.
I don't agree with everything Brignell says — he's a vocal critic of global warming concerns, for instance — but I applaud anyone who can knock some sense into 4,000 readers a month.
