Using ggplot2, can I insert a break in the axis?

Question

I want to make a bar plot where one of the values is much bigger than all other values. Is there a way of having a discontinuous y-axis? My data is as follows:

Answer 1

No, unfortunately not

The fear is that allowing discontinuous axes will lead to deceit of the audience. However, there are cases where not having a discontinuous axis leads to distortion.

For example, if the axis is truncated, but usually lies within some interval (say [0,1]), the audience may not notice the truncation and make distorted conclusions about the data. In this case, an explicit discontinuous axis would be more appropriate and transparent.

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