Hrefna (DHC) on Nostr: Part of my gripe with Nate Silver, beyond all of my other gripes with Nate Silver, is ...

Part of my gripe with Nate Silver, beyond all of my other gripes with Nate Silver, is how he helped further acculturate this idea out that:

Smart Guy™ + Numbers™ + Math™ = Reliable Result™

Like this has always been a problem and wasn't _new_ when he started modeling politics, but he pushed it quite a bit further.

No qualifications, no background, no nothing required. Just Smart Guy™ + Numbers™ + Math™ is all you need.