I'm struck by the relatively small number of professional athletes who have come out as being gay. Why is there so little? And if we applied some kind of economic or statistical model in which sports would you expect to see the new breakthroughs coming when they come? Well, I mean, I'm sure there are a lot of athletes in the closet. But I don't know. Maybe there are also correlations and what kind of skills and traits people have. We'll see.
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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