Nate Silver

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Nate Silver @NateSilver538

@ZoeMcLaren There are exceptions for sure but in those cases I'd want to see both some replications and a pretty good causal hypothesis. I just think the bar is high for this sort of result to be "true" especially when replication rates are quite low overall. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 28, 2021

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Nate Silver @NateSilver538

Interesting thread here. Whenever there's no difference (in this case, between the rate of Delta vs Alpha hospital admissions) before you introduce statistical controls, but a large difference once you introduce those controls, there's a good chance you screwed up the controls. — PolitiTweet.org

Presentation of results is puzzling. In appendix, main confounder is "week" and ethnicity, not age. How can calenda… https://t.co/xLq39bLOTw

Posted Aug. 28, 2021

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Nate Silver @NateSilver538

Pregnancy isn't contagious. COVID-19 is. Thanks for coming to my MasterClass. — PolitiTweet.org

Pregnancy tests don’t prevent pregnancy. COVID-19 tests don’t prevent COVID-19. Thanks for coming to my TED talk.

Posted Aug. 28, 2021