November 10, 2008

Nate Silver = Doogie Howser (but with math)?




"By kindergarten, he could multiply two-digit numbers in his head. By 11, he was conducting multivariate analysis to figure out if the size of a baseball stadium affects attendance (it doesn’t). By age 13, he was using statistics to manage a fantasy baseball team. When his parents refused to buy him computer games, he taught himself the Basic programming language and created his own."

Daa-yum. Go Nate. Not so much Keith.


1 comment:

  1. Dammit! I keep thinking to myself, "hey, Nate's pretty awesome, but I could do what he does."

    But clearly he's a step ahead of me, and he took my market niche away from me before I could even have it.

    Damn you Bill James. Damn you Steven Levitt. Damn you Nate Silver.

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