Quotes From "The Signal And The Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail But Some Dont" By Nate Silver

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Who needs theory when you have so much information? But this is categorically the wrong attitude to take toward forecasting, especially in a field like economics where the data is so noisy. Nate Silver
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Distinguishing the signal from the noise requires both scientific knowledge and self-knowledge: the serenity to accept the things we cannot predict, the courage to predict the things we can, and the wisdom to know the difference. Nate Silver