Nate silver

I've become invested with this symbolic power. It really does transcend what I'm actually doing and what I actually deserve.

People gravitate toward information that implies a happier outlook for them.

Success makes you less intimidated by things.

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...

Well the way we perceive accuracy and what accuracy is statistically are really two different things.

You can build a statistical model and that's all well and good, but if you're dealing with a new type of financial instrument, for example, or a new type of situation - then the choices you're making...

I view my role now as providing more of a macro-level skepticism, rather than saying this poll is good or this poll is evil.

Caesar recognized the omens, but he didn't believe they applied to him.

If you aren't taking a representative sample, you won't get a representative snapshot.

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