Nate Silver says Trump’s rise violates academic theories and precedent ‘in so many ways’ BOSTON — As editor and founder of FiveThirtyEight, Nate Silver makes a living by predicting the outcomes of sporting events… Read More
Prediction guru Nate Silver on robots replacing sports referees and the rise of Donald Trump BOSTON — Will umpires and referees be replaced by robots one day? Nate Silver says it’s possible. The well-known statistician… Read More
Facebook and Nate Silver’s interactive map tracks likes for each presidential candidate; number and location Facebook has built an interactive map for users to track the number of likes for each of the candidates for… Read More
Reddit launches its AMA video channel with Neil deGrasse Tyson and Nate Silver Reddit, known for its AMAs with famous folk, has taken the format one step further with video. Today, the series… Read More
Flying soon? Nate Silver at FiveThirtyEight declares Virgin the ‘Michael Jordan’ of airlines It seems that the flying experience is increasingly spiraling into its own version of Dante’s nine layers of hell. If you… Read More
Expert statistician Nate Silver thinks the Seahawks could be greatest team ever A little more than a month ago, the Seahawks’ playoff chances didn’t look all that great as a squad with six… Read More
Nate Silver’s advice to young journalists: Learn to code now Nate Silver has two tips for young up-and-coming journalists: Work your ass off and learn how to code. Silver, the… Read More
Microsoft’s version of ‘Nate Silver’ dishes out data-backed predictions for 2014 You may have heard of Nate Silver, a well-known statistician and editor of the FiveThirtyEight blog who correctly picked the winner from all… Read More
Study: Gain more Twitter followers by being confident with predictions, not accurate Here’s a way to get more Twitter followers: Exude confidence. That’s the finding from a study done by a pair of doctoral… Read More
Prediction guru Nate Silver: The Seahawks are going to the Super Bowl If Nate Silver is as good at predicting the Super Bowl as he is with presidential elections, then Seahawks fans… Read More
