Actually I was comparing Nate Silver to talking heads. No he does not fit the definition of a talking head

Except that this has no anecdotal accuracy to real life, whether that life is mine or belongs to the people around me.

I hate that the Daily Show resorts to propping up straw men to knock them down albeit hilariously. Yes it is supposed to be funny but these are serious issues and TDS isn't exactly SNL. Its is kind of a news show, actually it used to be most intelligent news show out there. The writers and correspondents are smart…

Also black people aren't literally black so there's that. Sometimes we create less than perfect labels to describe things usually they're harmless and aren't worth complaining about

Everything you said are consequences of the fact that living organisms are strongly predisposed towards procreation for no functionally reason whatsoever beyond the obvious fact that without this predisposition there wouldn't exist any organisms to be predisposed to anything.

Yes we make probabilistic statements it doesn't mean its always informative. I am weary of those statements that confer more substance that the underlying process and inputs into the system deserve. It is okay to say Germany and Portugal appear to be more likely to advance than the US is and this is pretty much the…

To a good approximation it is safe to say we have kids simply because that is what most living organisms do. Our possession of the mental capacity required for rationalization doesn't change the fact that the root cause of procreation is inaccessible to us.

"To be fair, we're societally programmed to think our only worth and only shot at real accomplishment is to birth a kid and take care of it".

"Nate Silver's Model Gives The USMNT A 39.4 Percent Chance To Advance"

I don't have any strong opinions about the rules. However since most are not trying to intentionally hit anyone in the head with their head you shouldn't expect any significant reduction in helmet to helmet hits as a result of making it illegal and I'm pretty sure the reality so far bears that out. You could institute…

That is addressing defenseless players you're not allowed to hit them in the head speared or not.

I had your position until I read the book. Nfl should be punished for having the balls to do what they did not because doing otherwise would've stopped a single soul from playing.

I am not seeing the difference but I think what you are saying is that diving becomes spearing if the helmet contacts the offensive player. There isnt a credible tackling strategy that starts with an intention to dive at an opponent to tackle him with your head... When it happens its largely incidental

Nope the nfl for many years made a conscious effort to inform players football was perfectly safe as it relates to long term neurological issues. If they simply shut up and said nothing no one will be suing them just like no one had sued boxing or ncaa. They still haven't publicly admitted there is any link but have…

What happens when he's made himself small to eliminate the torso as a target and protect the football

You people amaze me you're convinced the nfl went out and hired the worst tacklers they can find such that half the deadspin commenters can do better. This is like making a habit of saying the PGA is made up of shitty golf club swingers. If there was a more effective strategy that worked at the nfl level someone would…

When an offensive player braces for a tackle they scrontch their body essentially eliminating the torso what you're left with is a head and legs.

Outlawing diving creates a different game. You wouldn't be able to distinguish between nba and nfl games based on the final score.

In rugby I only have to stop you in football every yard counts. Rugby doesn't have a line to gain giving up real estate to line up a proper tackle is more acceptable