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Comment by ergocoder

3 days ago

> It could stop here, or it could roll on for quite a while. It will take months or even years to know whether or not the outcome here was desirable or not and what the final tally is.

So, your prediction is "anything is possible".

I gotta say nobody can disagree with that.

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mikkupikku  3 days ago

Admitting that you don't know is often the most intellectual mature position to take. The world is in a chaotic circumstance right now, there's a sense of this being just the start of something far more horrifying, but anybody telling you they have a crystal ball is lying.

  • ergocoder  3 days ago

    > Admitting that you don't know is often the most intellectual mature position to take.

    It's actually more like grandstanding to satify oneself emotionally. It's "I am right" esque type of answer because "anything can happen" is always true.

    The statement can be omitted because it literally adds nothing to any discussion.

    > but anybody telling you they have a crystal ball is lying.

    Then, we can add to a discussion saying which part might not be true, which assumption is incorrect, and etc.

    Nobody would predict anything with 100% confidence. You make that up and state "anything can happen"-type of statement to satisfy yourself emotionally.

    If those people were that sure about their predictions, they would bet on polymarket and become a billionaire already.