Data scientist is just a sexed up word for statistician.

I think a lot of journal articles should really be blogs.

Midterm elections can be dreadfully boring, unfortunately.

Accountability doesn't mean apologizing.

I don't think that somebody who is observing or predicting behavior should also be participating in the 'experiment.'

We look at all the polls, not just the Gallup Poll. So, it's kind of like if you have, you know, four out of five doctors agree that reducing cholesterol reduces your risk of a heart attack, Gallup is like the fifth doctor.

You don't want to influence the same system you are trying to forecast.