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Nate Silver Quotes

Nate Silver quotes

American Writer January 13, 1978

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Nate Silver quote: "I actually buy the paper version of The New York Times maybe..."
I actually buy the paper version of The New York Times maybe once or twice a week. Nate Silver
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' - or be the subject of a cartoon in 'The New Yorker.' I guess I'm kind of an outlier there. Nate Silver
Nate Silver quote: "The key to making a good forecast is not in limiting yourself..."
The key to making a good forecast is not in limiting yourself to quantitative information. Nate Silver
Nate Silver quote: "All I know is that I have way more stuff that I want to write..."
All I know is that I have way more stuff that I want to write about than I possibly have time to. Nate Silver
Nate Silver quote: "I think there's space in the market for a half-dozen kind of..."
I think there's space in the market for a half-dozen kind of polling analysts. Nate Silver
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 requires belief in and a commitment toward pursuing the truth - having an object outside of our personal point of view. Nate Silver
Nate Silver quote: "A lot of the time nothing happens in a day."
A lot of the time nothing happens in a day. Nate Silver
The Protestant Reformation had a lot to do with the printing press, where Martin Luther's theses were reproduced about 250,000 times, and so you had widespread dissemination of ideas that hadn't circulated in the mainstream before. Nate Silver
The problem is that when polls are wrong, they tend to be wrong in the same direction. If they miss in New Hampshire, for instance, they all miss on the same mistake. Nate Silver
Nate Silver quote: "Voters memories will fade some."
Voters memories will fade some. Nate Silver
Nate Silver quote: "I don't think you should limit what you read."
I don't think you should limit what you read. Nate Silver
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 gets boring. Nate Silver
Nate Silver quote: "I think people feel like there are all these things in our..."
I think people feel like there are all these things in our lives that we don't really have control over. Nate Silver
Nate Silver quote: "It's a little strange to become a kind of symbol of a whole..."
It's a little strange to become a kind of symbol of a whole type of analysis. Nate Silver
Nate Silver quote: "First of all, I think it's odd that people who cover politics..."
First of all, I think it's odd that people who cover politics wouldn't have any political views. Nate Silver

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