On average, people should be more skeptical when they see numbers. They should be more willing to play around with the data themselves.
When a possibility is unfamiliar to us, we do not even think about it. - Nate Silver
When a possibility is unfamiliar to us, we do not even think about it.
- Nate Silver
Finding patterns is easy in any kind of data-rich environment; that's what mediocre gamblers do. The key is in determining whether the patterns repre… - Nate Silver
Finding patterns is easy in any kind of data-rich environment; that's what mediocre gamblers do. The key is in determining whether the patterns repre…
We need to stop, and admit it: we have a prediction problem. We love to predict things—and we aren’t very good at it. - Nate Silver
We need to stop, and admit it: we have a prediction problem. We love to predict things—and we aren’t very good at it.
Data scientist is just a sexed up word for statistician. - Nate Silver
Data scientist is just a sexed up word for statistician.
We're not that much smarter than we used to be, even though we have much more information - and that means the real skill now is learning how to pick… - Nate Silver
We're not that much smarter than we used to be, even though we have much more information - and that means the real skill now is learning how to pick…
The quest for certainty in forecasting outcomes can be the enemy of progress. - Nate Silver
The quest for certainty in forecasting outcomes can be the enemy of progress.
The signal is the truth. The noise is what distracts us from the truth. - Nate Silver
The signal is the truth. The noise is what distracts us from the truth.
We must become more comfortable with probability and uncertainty. - Nate Silver
We must become more comfortable with probability and uncertainty.
There's always the risk that there are unknown unknowns. - Nate Silver
There's always the risk that there are unknown unknowns.
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