nate silver and jim cramer should start a consulting firm where their specialty is being wrong about everything all of the time
nate silver and jim cramer should start a consulting firm where their specialty is being wrong about everything all of the time 10 comments
@samhenrigold but, but, Nate was right that one time (and has hung his whole career on that nail). @samhenrigold There are already lots of consulting firms like that in virtually every field. The only requirement for starting one is to be a white dude who comes from money. @samhenrigold Nate Silver's Monte Carlo simulations for presidential election results were reasonable, as is the way he weights polls. But keep in mind that an 85% chance of winning is not a reason to feel complacent: the chance of surviving a round of Russian roulette is 83.3%. BTW, Nate Silver is no longer associated with the FiveThirtyEight & he now seems to have a paywall. @samhenrigold Jim Cramer has been loudly, repeatedly, publicly wrong about matters of major and minor consequence. Is the same really true for Silver? He definitely has an abrasive personality but I find his long-form writings to be even-tempered and persuasive about probability. @samhenrigold They can pull in Marc Thiessen and make it a trio. Oh, wait, what about Bret Stephens too, the Times shouldn't be excluded. |
@samhenrigold their self published book to promote it could be called Mad Edging