Yea, as I was reading it, more than once I caught myself saying, "Nate, stick wi...

edw519 on May 5, 2009 | parent | context | favorite | on: Seven questions for Nate Silver

Yea, as I was reading it, more than once I caught myself saying, "Nate, stick with what you know."

OTOH, a brilliant statistician achieves enough success to be noticed by a mainstream "least common denominator" interviewer. How else could it turn out?

mahmud on May 5, 2009 [–]

I wouldn't call any journalist associated with the Economist a "least common denominator".