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I was there watching. Maybe Silver doesn’t understand how to communicate verbally, only through numbers designed for consumption by statisticians. The impression he gave in his comments, if not these exact words — Hillary in a landslide.

Communication is a skill. Like the skill of a great sportscaster like Scully. Election reporting is, I’m sure, a similar unique skill set. Silver doesn’t have it, and I never want to listen to him again.



> Maybe Silver doesn’t understand how to communicate verbally, only through numbers designed for consumption by statisticians.

Nate Silver the pundit and TV personality and Nate Silver the constructor of statistical models are, oddly, like completely different beasts.




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