Nathaniel "Nate" Silver (1978-) is an American writer, statistician, and media figure. He is known for developing predictive models for sports events and political elections. He founded FiveThirtyEight.com and now publishes the Silver Bulletin.
If you're using a biased instrument, it doesn't matter how many measurements you take--you're aiming at the wrong target.
The key is in remembering that a model is a tool to help us understand the complexities of the universe, and never a substitute for the universe itself.
We have to view technology as what it always has been--a tool for the betterment of the human condition. We should neither worship at the altar of technology nor be frightened by it.
Scott Bradford is a writer and technologist who has been putting his opinions online since 1995. He believes in three inviolable human rights: life, liberty, and property. He is a Catholic Christian who worships the trinitarian God described in the Nicene Creed. Scott is a husband, nerd, pet lover, and AMC/Jeep enthusiast with a B.S. degree in public administration from George Mason University.
