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

People don't have a good intuitive sense of how to weigh new information in light of what they already know. They tend to overrate it.

Distinguishing the signal from the noise requires both scientific knowledge and self-knowledge.

Every four years in the presidential election, some new precedent is broken.

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

I think a lot of journal articles should really be blogs.

Basically, books were a luxury item before the printing press.

People gravitate toward information that implies a happier outlook for them.

I've just always been a bit of a dork.

We're living in a world where Google beats Gallup.

Nate Silver