Americans love rankings, but Americans hate to be assessed subjectively.

Posted on June 27, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

I am afraid that Nigel Eccles’ answer to The Numbers Guy does not go deep enough into the arguments.

The Numbers Guy (and his interviewees) made some points that Nigel does not address.

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See his Video Response.


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PS: Nigel, Seesmic is a piece of shit. The video does not go into the feeds (unlike YouTube or Blip.TV.)

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Background Info: The Numbers Guy: HubDub’s PunditWatch is not as rigorous as Philip Tetlock was.

More Info: Interview via OPMs

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2 Responses to Americans love rankings, but Americans hate to be assessed subjectively.

  1. Nigel Eccles says:
    June 28, 2008 at 2:22 PM

    It was a joke! It was a play on the TechCrunch/Wired blow-up. I guess you need to follow TechCrunch to get it. Anyway, the WSJ piece was a good article that did raise valid issues. We are actually working on something to resolve them. More later…

  2. Chris F. Masse says:
    June 28, 2008 at 3:30 PM

    @Nigel Eccles: Glad to hear that.
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    PS: Yes, I saw the TechCrunch parody.

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