Yes, "The Signal and the Noise" seems to be an interesting book. It is
interesting to read what he says about weather forecasting, he says
there is a "healthy balance between computer modeling and human judgment
in weather forecasting that is lacking in many other disciplines."
http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/09/why-weather-forecasters-are-role-models/
-J.*
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Am 10.09.2012 15:12, schrieb Tom Johnson:
A good piece in the NYTimes yesterday by Nate Silver that touches on many
things we find of interest: chaos theory, prediction, non-linear behaviors,
simulation modeling, etc.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/09/magazine/the-weatherman-is-not-a-moron.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all
-tom johnson
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