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Originally Posted by corporatejay
What governance rights does Founders Fund have in Nate Silver's business? How do they direct his business? Is Peter Thiel on the board or even involved in this investment? Do you have any evidence that Nate Silver is willing to falsify data and spread lies due to Founder's Fund's investment? Do you have evidence beyond the investment that suggests Peter Thiel is manipulating Nate Silver?
You guys are buying into a conspiracy theory.
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If you want to trust that an activist billionaire hiring a celebrity statistician for their betting site is just about that, and nothing else, well OK. Maybe you just haven't lost as much faith in humanity as I have, but I've come to understand that these guys don't do that sort of thing solely as a business transaction. My first inclination is to suspect malfeasance, and I don't think that's conspiracy theory thinking.