Nate Silver

An Unfair, Post-Hoc Critique of Nate Silver 3357781682_03d9c5c174_b_Nate-Silver

An Unfair, Post-Hoc Critique of Nate Silver

Vikram Bath April 7, 2016

Trump's probability of winning the nomination was not 1.5625%.

Objectivity is Not the Opposite of Standing for Something IFRL-Mindiv-lan-pham-132875-unsplash

Objectivity is Not the Opposite of Standing for Something

Tod Kelly April 12, 2014

Why I think Elias's latest is off the mark.

The Right Path, Part II: Nate Silver and the Delegitimisation of Traditional Journalism and Objective Data IFRL-NaPP-Space-rawpixel-id-440073

The Right Path, Part II: Nate Silver and the Delegitimisation of Traditional Journalism and Objective Data

Tod Kelly March 25, 2014

"Data that contradicts the Ideology is a lie; institutions that publish such data are the enemy; those...

Preach It, Brother Nate! IFRL-TLC-Scenery-arthur-aldyrkhanov-566881-unsplash

Preach It, Brother Nate!

Burt Likko March 14, 2014

Statistics wizard Nate Silver talks about the re-launch of FiveThirtyEight on ESPN, political punditry, and burritos.

Election 2012 Recap: Getting the Triumphalism Right IFRL-Plague-CherryViolet

Election 2012 Recap: Getting the Triumphalism Right

Conor P. Williams November 7, 2012

Democrats awoke today awash in the smug warmth that comes with electoral success. Rightly so, given last...

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What If It’s the OTHER Reality?

Conor P. Williams November 4, 2012

Though I’ve made my view of the electoral situation pretty clear, I’m well aware that Tuesday’s election will...

Nate Silver Himself Is the Entity to Be Analyzed IFRL-TLC-Scenery-GAPD-freer.a-breath-of-spring-46

Nate Silver Himself Is the Entity to Be Analyzed

Conor P. Williams November 3, 2012

I love Nate Silver. I love his steady analysis of staggering reams of data. I love his...

Nate Silver takes on the World Cup IFRL-Mindiv-22935017801_ecf14fd494_o

Nate Silver takes on the World Cup

Will April 28, 2010

Good stuff from the blogosphere’s resident stats guru.

North in reply to DavidTC on US Department of Education Announces that it is Restarting Loan CollectionDon't get me wrong, it'll be an utter fiasco but if Trump folds, which I expect he will, we'll get j…
North in reply to Jaybird on US Department of Education Announces that it is Restarting Loan CollectionThe guy who came after Trump was Biden. Did you find him scary? Or did you mean Trump II?
North in reply to LeeEsq on Open Mic for the Week of 4/21/2025So basically you're saying that it's up to the Palestinians to determine if the status quos should e…
Jaybird in reply to DavidTC on US Department of Education Announces that it is Restarting Loan CollectionAs I said in 2016: Trump doesn't scare me particularly. The guy who comes after Trump? Yeah. He's th…
DavidTC in reply to North on US Department of Education Announces that it is Restarting Loan CollectionIt doesn't actually matter if he folds. The ships from China are still sailling empty because they a…
DavidTC in reply to Jaybird on US Department of Education Announces that it is Restarting Loan CollectionI'm not really talking at the individual level. Obviously people have had payments paused generally…
LeeEsq on Open Mic for the Week of 4/21/2025Wisconsin judge arrested for FBI for allegedly signaling to an immigrant in her courtroom that ICE w…
LeeEsq in reply to North on Open Mic for the Week of 4/21/2025Besides the growth in the ultra-Orthodox population, I think that the average Israeli is basically j…
North in reply to LeeEsq on Open Mic for the Week of 4/21/2025Indeed. The Israeli's historically have not made as catastrophically bad decisions as the Palestinia…
North in reply to LeeEsq on Open Mic for the Week of 4/21/2025Lee, for fish's sake listen to yourself. Who the fishing fish cares what the fishing cosplay revolut…