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Distinguishing the signal from the noise requires both scientific

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

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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

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Truth
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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

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Learning
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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

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Politics
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Even if youre improvising, the fact that beforehand you know certain things will work helps you make those improvisations successful. It really helps to have a certain amount of knowledge about musical structure. – John Cale

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Only the spoon knows what is stirring in the pot. – Sicilian Proverb

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I think knowing what you cannot do is more important than knowing what you can. – Lucille Ball

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The true method of knowledge is experiment. – William Blake

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