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November 8, 2012 08:24 pm PST
Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/0smtuRVUwxs/when-quants-tell-stories.html
"When quants tell stories," or why Nate Silver didn't win the day with awesome math alone
Felix Salmon at Reuters: "If you think that the value of Nate Silver is in the model, youre missing the most important part: there are lots of people with models, and most of those models are pretty similar to each other. The thing which sets Silver apart from the rest is that he can write: [...]Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/0smtuRVUwxs/when-quants-tell-stories.html
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