Why So Many Predictions Failbut Some Don't
by Nate Silver
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American comedian, writer, producer, activist, and television host
“About predictions in many domains besides politics.”
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"Nate Silver's The Signal and the Noise is The Soul of a New Machine for the 21st century." ?Rachel Maddow, author of Drift Nate Silver built an innovative system for predicting baseball performance, predicted the 2008 election within a hair?s breadth, and became a national sensation as a blogger?all by the time he was thirty. He solidified his sta...
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Recommended by 5 sources and appears in Most Recommended Books, Finance, and Politics.
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Bill Gates
Co-founder of Microsoft; co-chair of the Gates Foundation
“About predictions in many domains besides politics.”
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American comedian, writer, producer, activist, and television host
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