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Nathaniel Read Silver (born January 13, 1978) is an American statistician and writer who analyzes baseball (see sabermetrics) and elections (see psephology). He is the founder and editor-in-chief of FiveThirtyEight and a Special Correspondent for ABC News. In April 2018, ABC News became FiveThirtyEight's new home, replacing ESPN.

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Data-driven predictions can succeed-and they can fail. It is when we deny our role in the process that the odds of failure rise. Before we demand more of our data, we need to demand more of ourselves.

Data, Demand, Needs, Odds, Predictions, Process

I don't think that somebody who is observing or predicting behavior should also be participating in the 'experiment. '

Behavior, Predicting, Should, Somebody, Think, Thinking

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

Believe, Omen, Recognized, Applied, Omens

A lot of the time nothing happens in a day.

Day, Happens, Nothing, Things Happen, Time

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.

Agendas, Boring, Bubble, Data, Tvs

Accountability doesn't mean apologizing.

Accountability, Apologizing, Mean

People still don't appreciate how ephemeral success is.

Appreciate, Ephemeral, People, Success

I know it's cheaper to fund an op-ed columnist than a team of reporters, but I think it confuses the mission of what these great journalistic brands are about.

Brands, Columnist, Columnists, Journalistic, Team, Thinking

Every day, three times per second, we produce the equivalent of the amount of data that the Library of Congress has in it's entire print collection, right? But most of it is like cat videos on YouTube or thirteen-year-olds exchanging text messages about the next 'Twilight' movie.

Cat, Day, Exchanging, Library, Movie, Twilight

I think there's space in the market for a half-dozen kind of polling analysts.

Dozen, Market, Polling, Space, Think, Thinking

Walk rate is probably the area in which a pitcher has the most room to improve, but a rate that high is tough to overcome.

High, Improve, Overcoming, Pitcher, Rooms, Tough

If you have reason to think that yesterday's forecast went wrong, there is no glory in sticking to it.

Glory, Reason, Think, Thinking, Yesterday

When human judgment and big data intersect there are some funny things that happen

Data, Funny, Happen, Judgment, Things

Voters memories will fade some.

Fade, Fades, Memories, Voters

On average, people should be more skeptical when they see numbers. They should be more willing to play around with the data themselves.

Average, Data, Numbers, Play, Willing

Actually, one of the better indicators historically of how well the stock market will do is just a Gallup poll, when you ask Americans if you think it's a good time to invest in stocks, except it goes the opposite direction of what you would expect. When the markets going up, it in fact makes it more prone toward decline.

Ask, Fact, Facts, Opposites, Stocks, Thinking

Midterm elections can be dreadfully boring, unfortunately.

Election, Boring, Midterms, Dreadfully, Midterm

You don't want to influence the same system you are trying to forecast.

Forecast, Influence, Same, Trying, Want

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.

Commitment, Views, Objectivity, Having, Toward, Work

To my friends, I'm kind of sexually gay but ethnically straight.

Friends, Gay, Kind, Sexually

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