Nate Silver: belief

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…There’s evidence for this in some papers, in fact. They have less status quo bias. They’re more impartial in some ways. Yes. I think there might be something to that, and there are lots of people in the book that probably would be classified as being on the spectrum or would classify themselves that way. Poker uniquely, I think, involves some combination of analytical skills and street smarts. If you totally lack the street smarts, then it’s still pretty hard to get ahead in a competitive world. You’re too likely to be taken advantage of. Now, your father was an academic. Did you get your street smarts from him or from somewhere else?…

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