Amazing how willing the poster is to criticize Nate Silvers based on assumed conflicts of interest and naivety about his own incentives mislead him, while remaining silent on her own.
> "He gets well-paid for his political consulting work and speaker appearances at hedge funds like D.E. Shaw and Jane Street, and, in order to maintain this income, it’s critical that he perfects a patina of modeling genius combined with an easily digested message for his financial and political clients."
> "Silver is selling a story we all want to hear, and a story we all want to be true. Unfortunately for us and for the world, it’s not."
And of course, she derives also derives her income from speaking, consulting, and is writing her own book. She certainly benefits from positioning herself as a more expert Nate Silvers. "This best seller is wrong, buy my book to find out the details why" is pretty effective marketing.
By her own logic we should criticize her just as strongly.
> "He gets well-paid for his political consulting work and speaker appearances at hedge funds like D.E. Shaw and Jane Street, and, in order to maintain this income, it’s critical that he perfects a patina of modeling genius combined with an easily digested message for his financial and political clients."
> "Silver is selling a story we all want to hear, and a story we all want to be true. Unfortunately for us and for the world, it’s not."
And of course, she derives also derives her income from speaking, consulting, and is writing her own book. She certainly benefits from positioning herself as a more expert Nate Silvers. "This best seller is wrong, buy my book to find out the details why" is pretty effective marketing.
By her own logic we should criticize her just as strongly.