Re: The Weatherman Is Not a Moron - NYTimes.com

Posted by Jochen Fromm-5 on
URL: http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/The-Weatherman-Is-Not-a-Moron-NYTimes-com-tp7580450p7580452.html

Yes, "The Signal and the Noise" seems to be an interesting book. It is interesting to read what he says about weather forecasting, he says there is a "healthy balance between computer modeling and human judgment in weather forecasting that is lacking in many other disciplines."
http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/09/why-weather-forecasters-are-role-models/

-J.



Am 10.09.2012 15:12, schrieb Tom Johnson:

A good piece in the NYTimes yesterday by Nate Silver that touches on many
things we find of interest: chaos theory, prediction, non-linear behaviors,
simulation modeling, etc.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/09/magazine/the-weatherman-is-not-a-moron.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all

-tom johnson

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