Nate Silver

We want to get 80%-85% of predictions right, not 100%. Or else we calibrated our estimates in the wrong way. ↗

— Nate Silver

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We're living in a world where Google beats Gallup. ↗

— Nate Silver

#gallup #google #living #where #world

A lot of news is just entertainment masquerading as news. ↗

— Nate Silver

#just #lot #masquerading #news

Well the way we perceive accuracy and what accuracy is statistically are really two different things. ↗

— Nate Silver

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Well, you know, you're not going to have 86 percent of Congress voted out of office. ↗

— Nate Silver

#going #know #office #out #percent

When human judgment and big data intersect there are some funny things that happen. ↗

— Nate Silver

#data #funny #funny things #happen #human

When you try to predict future E.R.A.'s with past E.R.A.'s, you're making a mistake. ↗

— Nate Silver

#making #mistake #past #predict #try

You don't want to influence the same system you are trying to forecast. ↗

— Nate Silver

#influence #same #system #trying #want

You don't want to treat any one person as oracular. ↗

— Nate Silver

#person #treat #want #you

You get steely nerves playing poker. ↗

— Nate Silver

#nerves #playing #poker #steely #you