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Sad day for all of us who value a fact-based worldview in these dark days of rising nationalism and euroscepticism.

Vila i frid, professor Rosling.

I want to be clear here: nationalism and euroskepticism are also fact-based worldviews.

The difference between the worldviews are which facts are emphasized, shared and deemed culturally relevant.

You can make pretty much any movie "based on a true story."

Please don't drag that into every unrelated thread

Hans Rosling was an outspoken proponent of globalization and specifically criticized the idea of a past when things were great.

While I think I can appreciate your sentiment in general (esp. technology) discussion, in this case it is really misplaced.