Posts tagged: Hillary Clinton

  • trumpnixon3c

    Should we use polls or magic 8 balls? Part 1 of 2

    In a recent broadcast, the delightful Stephen Colbert, host of the Late Show, after lamenting and mourning the outcome of the U.S. presidential election, remarked: “And what’s with the inaccuracy of the polls? How can we possibly trust them when they were so wrong! One might as well use magic 8 balls and Ouija boards… Read more »

  • Memes Really Do Come True

    You’ve been hearing us talk for a while about “memes.” While the term itself has become memetic and is gaining popularity, we also like to remind people of the classic Richard Dawkins definition of a meme – a “self-replicating, self-perpetuating sequence of ideas.” To call a fad or viral phenomenon a meme with no explanation… Read more »