[ExI] quote of the day - on fame

BillK pharos at gmail.com
Fri Mar 25 23:06:44 UTC 2016


On 25 March 2016 at 22:49, spike  wrote:
> I am over my posting limit for the day.  Do forgive please; I won’t make a
> habit of it.
>
> Dan I have a fun story for you.
>
<snip>
> Robin’s carefully-designed Ideas Futures meme for that election had no
> provision for what happens if 8 November comes and we STILL don’t know who
> won.  Those who were playing in those days may remember how that all played
> out.  After that event, you will note that election-based Ideas Futures all
> have provisions for what happens in those once-in-a-nation’s-lifetime events
> like the 2000 election.
>
> This is my Emily Dickenson/Ideas Futures/ExI story for a Friday afternoon.
>
> Here is what I am looking for: if the statistics hipsters will be able to
> predict the outcome of the 2016 elections based on the first returns.
>


Better not respond to this post till tomorrow.  Spike is already over
his daily posting limit and if he gets involved in an interesting
discussion he will have to severely chastise himself.
On the other hand.........   :)

BillK




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