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Monthly Archives: November 2012
Nate Silver, the audacity of maths and the innumeracy of political commentary
So maths works. Who knew? For weeks, the statisticians Nate Silver and Sam Wang have been predicting an Obama victory, on the strength of proper statistical models that include all relevant state polls. This morning, they’ve been utterly vindicated. Assuming … Continue reading
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Responding to some interesting criticism of The Geek Manifesto (2)
This post is long overdue. It’s now almost two months since Richard Jones wrote his thoughtful review of The Geek Manifesto, and I’ve been feeling guilty about my delayed response for a while. Especially after responding last weekend to some … Continue reading
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