R.A. Dickey won the Cy Young Award in 2012 with a knuckleball, which he taught himself. Why don't more of them learn the knuckleball? Wilbur Wood, White Wilhelm, they were not athletic. The pay is pretty high. But on the other hand, that there are powerful biases to conform.
Nate Silver joins Tyler Cowen for a conversation on data, forecasting, My Bloody Valentine, the social value of gambling, Donald Trump and the presidential field, vacation advice, Supreme Court picks, the wisdom of Björk, and the most underrated statistic for finding good food.
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