To be clear, in terms of 'prognostication', I consider it 'likely' but not 'almost certain' or 'certain' that Trump will in fact be seated, after legal challenges and an EC vote.
But any prediction about the future is a *Hypothesis* that requires *Evdence* for it, and a plausible train of *Events*.
Remember our notation at this site[1] -- H for hypothesis, E for events, E* for Evidence, all with probabilities attached.
[1]: Notation from Tecuci et al, _Intelligence Analysis as Discovery of Evidence, Hypotheses, and Arguments_
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Backing up a claim H requires identifying the E's that will lead to that outcome, then the E* items supporting that conclusion.
Persons willing to consider Evidence, Events, Hypotheses, are of course entitled to see the Argument favouring the Hypothesis.
/we/ Patriots need to get used to an Intelligence gathering, planning, operations, evaluation cycle of some sort.
As I've cautioned before, the Benford's Law analysis is *suggestive* of needing an investigation, and is routinely used to back up conclusions -- however, we should be *careful* not to push it too far.
Like stressed and melting beams in an imploding skyscraper, it is just too...
MI and WI probably had lots of fraud, but may be a moot point. NV GA AZ NC PA would deliver a 2nd term to Trump in the EC, easily.
- Google is giving *all* these states to Biden, except NC soft to Trump
- Wikipedia agrees except hasn't called NV, GA, NC at right now
The 'Biden won all of WI, MI, PA' narrative is strong but false.
I suspect Trump has PA after SCOTUS throws out post 8pm ballots, maybe MI.
Probably not WI but that is not certain.
I call Trump at 279 Voats.
What's the weak link in my optimism? GA. I called that as a pain point in 2016 and it has done nothing to allay them.