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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.

Extremely clever book, one of my favourites. Makes you feel smart after reading it.

I read this one back in 2013 but it's still one of my favorite #nonfiction books and works for the #noise prompt. I love data, which is strange for #socialwork but it's made me unique in my abilities at work lol.

#voicesonthewind
@Maatje

"At NASA, I finally realized that the definition of rocket science is using realtivley simple physics to solve complex problems." The Signal and the Noise covers poker to rocket science to climate change and is so informative. A book everyone should consider.

#bookandbrew on a plane, reading Nate Silver for the first step in dissecting why the numbers were so wrong leading up to Tuesday and Ta-Nehisi Coates for some social justice to balance out my need for math and science. #readingintheclouds

On Kindle, on sale for $1.99 today. The book does not concentrate on politics at all, but on statistics and predictions, why some are good and some not, what factors are predicative and which are just noise. The examples come from sports, weather predictions, and many more areas.

Definitely on my mind this morning too as I see Nate Silver and his FiveThirtyEight interviewed.

I assume this is the universe telling me to finally read this...

The @bookriot book deal of the day is this lovely book. I've had it on my wish list and now it's on my Kindle. I'll have to read it once my list of library books has shrunk. However, I wanted to tempt others away from their TBRs. Oops! Now you know about my nefarious plot!

Anyone else listening to lots of podcasts in the run up to Election Day? I think I'm at addiction level status.

Wow, so much information!! This book felt like a master class.

Toads cause earthquakes!! You will have to read and find out!!

This will be interesting and depressing.

An excellent look into the evolving world of data and prediction.

Really enjoyed this book. A little nerdy statistics into real life - baseball, weather, politics, terrorism. A lot of great ideas and info.

Nate Silver is a rarity: an approachable mathematician. If you work in any numbers oriented business you know how valuable this is. No spoilers, it's worth reading to get a feel for why credible hypotheses still don't work out, and some do.

So great to see Nate Silver interviewed this past week about the current election cycle. I listened to his audiobook for The Signal and The Noise earlier this year, a timely reminder of how much predictions and statistics can benefit us all and how easily we can fool ourselves with them also.

Silver explains why Bayesian reasoning is the way to roll when making predictions. He has a gift for bringing a potentially flat topic to life.
If you buy into polls and predictions without a second thought, please read this ASAP.

Currently reading for the Skeptics Book Club