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Super Crunchers
Ian Ayres
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Overview of Super Crunchers

In "Super Crunchers," Ian Ayres reveals how data analytics outperforms expert intuition across industries. Thomas Davenport champions this statistical revolution that's transforming everything from healthcare to dating. What shocking truth might algorithms know about you that even you don't?

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The Hidden Power Behind Your Daily Life

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Imagine a world where a simple weather formula predicts wine quality better than expert tasters, where baseball teams win championships by ignoring scouts' visual assessments, and where algorithms consistently outperform human experts. This isn't science fiction-it's our reality. Since 2007, "Super Crunchers" has transformed how businesses, governments, and individuals make decisions by revealing the revolutionary power of data analysis. When Princeton economist Orley Ashenfelter created a simple formula based on rainfall and temperature that predicted wine quality years before bottles could be tasted, wine critic Robert Parker dismissed it as "Neanderthal" and "absurd." Yet Ashenfelter's predictions proved remarkably accurate, correctly identifying the exceptional 1989 and 1990 Bordeaux vintages as "wines of the century" long before critics could taste them. This battle between intuitive expertise and data analysis is reshaping our world, with number crunching consistently winning across countless fields-from medicine to sports to business-by uncovering hidden patterns in massive datasets measured in terabytes and petabytes.

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How Algorithms Are Quietly Shaping Your Choices

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The Statistical Magic Behind the Curtain

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When Government Gets Smart with Data

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When Algorithms Outperform Doctors

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Why Humans Keep Losing to Equations

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Finding Balance in a Data-Driven World

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