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
First of all, I think its odd that people who cover politics wouldnt have any political views. – Nate Silver
By playing games you can artificially speed up your learning curve to develop the right kind of thought processes. – Nate Silver
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