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    Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 26 Aug 2020

    Let's stipulate that @NateSilver538 is right that Trump has roughly a 1 in 3 chance of winning (Silver's case seems reasonable). That's like playing Russian Roulette with two bullets in the chamber.

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      2. Jay Louis‏ @JayLouis 26 Aug 2020
        Replying to @HeerJeet @NateSilver538

        Is it possible to even have an election where one candidate is less than 1/3 in probability? What exactly in the point of Nate Silver?

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      3. Glenn Rivers the uninspiring‏ @sixerhater 26 Aug 2020
        Replying to @JayLouis @HeerJeet @NateSilver538

        Manufactured consent

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      2. Dan Hopewell‏ @DanHopewell 26 Aug 2020
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        2/6

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      1. Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī‏ @Algoriitmo 26 Aug 2020
        Replying to @HeerJeet @NateSilver538

        In the cylinder, Jeet!https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cylinder_(firearms) …

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      2. Paul Cohen‏ @Paul_E_Cohen 26 Aug 2020
        Replying to @HeerJeet @NateSilver538

        but in this case, the player already put a bullet in their skull four years before, and yet is still eager to play again

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      3. Anarcho-curious‏ @FiltertronTele 26 Aug 2020
        Replying to @Paul_E_Cohen @HeerJeet @NateSilver538

        Well shit, double or nothing, no?

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      1. Chris Johns‏ @ChrisandVinegar 26 Aug 2020
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        Except this is based on a normal vote and doesn't take into account the fixing, cheating and stealing element.

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      1. D.P. Adorpion, Esq.‏ @ChefGuevara_ 26 Aug 2020
        Replying to @HeerJeet @NateSilver538

        let's not talk about natesilver any more for the love of god. he's the jimmy the greek of politics. you might as well ask miss cleo

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      1. Ghost of Kyiv‏ @Samizdat24 26 Aug 2020
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        What's that saying? In the long run we're all dead anyway.

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