Quotes by : Nate Silver

Who needs theory when you have so much information? But this is categorically the wrong attitude to take....

Under Bayes' theorem, no theory is perfect. Rather, it is a work in progress, always subject to further....

Distinguishing the signal from the noise requires both scientific knowledge and self-knowledge: the serenity....

In science, progress is possible. In fact, if one believes in Bayes' theorem, scientific progress is....

First of all, I think it's odd that people who cover politics wouldn't have any political views.

We're not that much smarter than we used to be, even though we have much more information - and that....

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

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

...the ratings agencies' problem was in being unable or uninterested in appreciating the distinction....