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The Signal and the Noise: Chapter 3

July 14, 2016July 18, 2016 / bs king

This is a series of posts featuring anecdotes from the book The Signal and the Noise by Nate Silver.  Read all the Signal and the Noise Posts here, or go back the Chapter 2 post here.

Baseball talk. The stats guys vs scouts debates are my favorite.SignalNoiseCh3

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