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To my friends, I’m kind of sexually gay but ethnically straight.

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Nate Silver
Age: 47
Born: 1978
Born: January 13
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Almost everyone's instinct is to be overconfident and read way too much into a hot or cold streak.
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I don't think that somebody who is observing or predicting behavior should also be participating in the 'experiment.'
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