In the news: Nate Silver

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Adam Isom

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Nov 9, 2012, 12:53:11 AM11/9/12
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This is now one of my favorite essays:
http://gawker.com/5956724/shooting-the-messengers-numbers-nate-silvers-struggle-the-redux?tag=nate-silver

This post isn't just self-indulgence; not of the purest alloy anyway.

This is just cool news. A clear demonstration of how epistemology done wrong is losing:
http://markcoddington.com/2012/10/31/nate-silver-journalism-politics-knowledge-epistemology/

And how we're winning (written by Luke M. today):
http://appliedrationality.org/2012/11/09/was-nate-silver-the-most-accurate-2012-election-pundit/
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Kevin Van Horn

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Nov 11, 2012, 11:29:31 PM11/11/12
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This says the same thing, only in far fewer words:

http://xkcd.com/1131/

On Nov 9, 2012, at 11:52 PM, Kip wrote:

The CFAR article really impressed the hell out of me.
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Kevin Van Horn

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Nov 11, 2012, 11:40:42 PM11/11/12
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When is the November meetup scheduled?

Melanie Heisey

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Nov 12, 2012, 8:55:13 AM11/12/12
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This Saturday, 3pm, probably same place but I need to check the reservation before I post it to LW.


On Sun, Nov 11, 2012 at 9:40 PM, Kevin Van Horn <ke...@ksvanhorn.com> wrote:
When is the November meetup scheduled?

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