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==Quotations==
==Quotations==
"... risk, essentially, is measurable whereas uncertainty is not measurable."  
"... risk, essentially, is measurable whereas uncertainty is not measurable."  
<div align=right>--Nate Silver, writing in [http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/27/herman-cain-outlier/#more-18209 Herman Cain, Outlier], FiveThirtyEight blog, ''New York Times'', 27 October 2011
<div align=right>--Nate Silver, writing in [http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/27/herman-cain-outlier/#more-18209 Herman Cain, outlier], FiveThirtyEight blog, ''New York Times'', 27 October 2011
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He continues: "In Mr. Cain’s case, I think we are dealing with an instance where there is considerable ''uncertainty''."
He continues: "In Mr. Cain’s case, I think we are dealing with an instance where there is considerable ''uncertainty''."

Revision as of 16:03, 3 November 2011

Quotations

"... risk, essentially, is measurable whereas uncertainty is not measurable."

--Nate Silver, writing in Herman Cain, outlier, FiveThirtyEight blog, New York Times, 27 October 2011

He continues: "In Mr. Cain’s case, I think we are dealing with an instance where there is considerable uncertainty."

Submitted by Paul Alper

Forsooth

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