"One of the pervasive risks that we face in the information age, as I wrote in the introduction, is that even if the amount of knowledge in the world is increasing, the gap between what we know and what we think we know may be widening."

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Source : Nate Silver (2012). “The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail-but Some Don't”, p.39, Penguin

Nate Silver

#Thinking Quotes #Risk Quotes #Age Quotes

“Software Engineering is that part of Computer Science which is too difficult for the Computer Scientist.”
“It is extraordinary to have time to again study Le nozze di Figaro and discover new things.”
“I have considered myself a mature actor.”
“The magic words 'on the Internet,' if inserted into nearly any sentence, seem to protect it from normal critical scrutiny.”
“Out of sight of land the sailor feels safe. It is the beach that worries him.”
“My father was a doctor.”

Source : "David Alan Grier's 'Sporting Life' On Broadway". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. May 22, 2012.
“It is important to gain knowledge, yes, but any advantage we will have in the eternal life to come will be a knowledge, I am sure, of those saving principles upon which our eternal life will depend.”
“Slow and steady wins the race. I feel like I know in my bones if we're doing a good job and continue to do a good job, the ratings will come.”

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