# 538 is No Longer a Credible Source

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**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Tags:** trump\
**Created:** [July 19, 2024, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/538-is-no-longer-a-credible-source/1004449 "2024-07-19T04:58:27Z")\
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Not sure what the implication is supposed to be? Thiel’s fund has invested a minority stake in Polymarket. Nate Silver is major talent for betting markets and has been hired by Polymarket as an advisor.

Thiel does not control or have any managerial role in Polymarket.

What’s the issue in regards to how Silver’s own site is run?

I don’t pay any special heed to his pontificating but no less because he has a well paid consultant gig at a company that Thiel has invested in. Why should I?

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