All Nate Silver Quotes
- A lot of journalism wants to have what they call objectivity without them having a commitment to pursuing the truth, but that doesn't work. Objectivity… Belief
- A lot of news is just entertainment masquerading as news. Entertainment
- First of all, I think it's odd that people who cover politics wouldn't have any political views. All
- If you're keeping yourself in the bubble and only looking at your own data or only watching the TV that fits your agenda then it… Agenda
- Race is still the No. 1 determinant in every election. Determinant
- Whenever you have dynamic interactions between 300 million people and the American economy acting in really complex ways, that introduces a degree of almost chaos… Acting
- I don't think that somebody who is observing or predicting behavior should also be participating in the 'experiment.' Behavior
- I have the same friends and the same bad habits. Bad
- I've just always been a bit of a dork. Been
- On average, people should be more skeptical when they see numbers. They should be more willing to play around with the data themselves. Average
- Success makes you less intimidated by things. Inspirational
- The public is even more pessimistic about the economy than even the most bearish economists are. Bearish
- There's always the risk that there are unknown unknowns. Inspirational
- Every day, three times per second, we produce the equivalent of the amount of data that the Library of Congress has in its entire print… Amount
- When you get into statistical analysis, you don't really expect to achieve fame. Or to become an Internet meme. Or be parodied by 'The Onion'… Achieve
- You can build a statistical model and that's all well and good, but if you're dealing with a new type of financial instrument, for example,… All
- Almost everyone's instinct is to be overconfident and read way too much into a hot or cold streak. Cold
- Basically, books were a luxury item before the printing press. Book
- By playing games you can artificially speed up your learning curve to develop the right kind of thought processes. Artificially
- Caesar recognized the omens, but he didn't believe they applied to him. Applied
- Distinguishing the signal from the noise requires both scientific knowledge and self-knowledge. Both
- Every four years in the presidential election, some new precedent is broken. Broken
- I actually buy the paper version of The New York Times maybe once or twice a week. Actually Buy
- I love South American food, and I haven't really been down there. I really need a vacation. American
- I think a lot of journal articles should really be blogs. Articles