People gravitate toward information that implies a happier outlook for them.

You can build a statistical model and that's all well and good, but if you're dealing with a new type of financial instrument, for example, or a new type of situation - then the choices you're making are pretty arbitrary in a lot of respects.

A lot of journalism wants to have what they call objectivity without them having a commitment to pursuing the truth, but that doesn't work. Objectivity requires belief in and a commitment toward pursuing the truth - having an object outside of our personal point of view.

Midterm elections can be dreadfully boring, unfortunately.

If you have reason to think that yesterday's forecast went wrong, there is no glory in sticking to it.

It's a little strange to become a kind of symbol of a whole type of analysis.

I think people feel like there are all these things in our lives that we don't really have control over.