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trust in numbers: a standalone construct

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History of science

the reliance on quantification as a technology of distance and impersonal objectivity, adopted especially where experts are weak and distrusted.

In history of science, trust in numbers refers to the reliance on quantification as a technology of distance and impersonal objectivity, adopted especially where experts are weak and distrusted. This meaning comes from Porter (1995) in Trust in Numbers.[1]

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References

  1. Porter, T. M. (1995). Trust in Numbers. Princeton University Press. ISBN 9780691029085

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