I want to do a thread here on something I find hard to talk about. Not for any emotional reason; just that I find we don& #39;t have adequate words in our language. I end up banging my head against the limits of what I know how to express.
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So if I get stuff wrong, that& #39;s one possible reason why.

(It& #39;s also possible that I& #39;m just saying foolish things. But they& #39;re my foolish things and I have been thinking about this.)

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Anyway, this thread is about the US election, and luck, and randomness, and polls.

Basically I don& #39;t think we do a very good job of talking about luck. Consider baseball. If Team A beats Team B in baseball, was it luck or was it skill? The answer is complicated.

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