Nate Silver – Quotes Crazy

A lot of journalism wants to have what they call objectivity without them having a commitment to pursuing the truth, but that doesnt work. Objectivity requires belief in and a commitment toward pursuing the truth – having an object outside of our personal point of view. – Nate Silver

People still dont appreciate how ephemeral success is. – Nate Silver

Ive become invested with this symbolic power. It really does transcend what Im actually doing and what I actually deserve. – Nate Silver

First of all, I think its odd that people who cover politics wouldnt have any political views. – Nate Silver

I was looking for something like baseball, where theres a lot of data and the competition was pretty low. Thats when I discovered politics. – Nate Silver

I guess I dont like the people in politics very much, to be blunt. – Nate Silver

Were 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 out the useful information from all this noise. – Nate Silver

When you try to predict future E.R.A.s with past E.R.A.s, youre making a mistake. – Nate Silver

I love South American food, and I havent really been down there. I really need a vacation. – Nate Silver

Success makes you less intimidated by things. – Nate Silver

In politics people build whole reputations off of getting one thing right. – Nate Silver

By playing games you can artificially speed up your learning curve to develop the right kind of thought processes. – Nate Silver

Distinguishing the signal from the noise requires both scientific knowledge and self-knowledge. – Nate Silver

When human judgment and big data intersect there are some funny things that happen. – Nate Silver