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77. It's called the "Jeane Dixon Effect"

Thu Jul 20, 2017, 07:05 AM

Jul 2017

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeane_Dixon#The_Jeane_Dixon_effect

John Allen Paulos, a mathematician at Temple University, coined the term 'the Jeane Dixon effect', which references a tendency to promote a few correct predictions while ignoring a larger number of incorrect predictions

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Louise Mensch is a nut job. [View all] demmiblue Jul 2017 OP

Someone did and it was removed. n/t rzemanfl Jul 2017 #1

Oh my! demmiblue Jul 2017 #2

yes, it vanished as I was reading it. nt m-lekktor Jul 2017 #14

Found one: demmiblue Jul 2017 #3

Comey's actions were influenced by that meeting More_Cowbell Jul 2017 #4

Has she been right about anything? Honest question. GreenEyedLefty Jul 2017 #5

She was insisting Comey was a good guy and running a serious investigation pnwmom Jul 2017 #10

Louise Mensch reported on the Alpha Bank FISA warrant before the election. L. Coyote Jul 2017 #12

So that FISA server warrant has been confirmed? jmg257 Jul 2017 #39

That depends on what you mean by "confirmed" FBaggins Jul 2017 #40

HA true! This is several times that the server FISA warant was given as an example as something jmg257 Jul 2017 #45

You haven't been looking very hard. pnwmom Jul 2017 #64

That's true - thanks! Of course in March CNN was told there was no warrant, so... jmg257 Jul 2017 #65

Yes. But who told them isn't clear, and the previous sentence mentions a WH official. pnwmom Jul 2017 #71

It's called the "Jeane Dixon Effect" jberryhill Jul 2017 #77

The story was confirmed by the Guardian, the BBC, and McClatchy. n/t pnwmom Jul 2017 #63

And contradicted in March by CNN. nt jmg257 Jul 2017 #66

Failing to confirm isn't the same as contradicting. n/t pnwmom Jul 2017 #68

Ah good point! Sources vs sources I guess. jmg257 Jul 2017 #70

Some of Jeanne Dixon's prophecies haven't come true yet, either jberryhill Jul 2017 #80

Where are those DUers? FBaggins Jul 2017 #41

Imagine if all the time spent maligning the anti-Trumpers were spent investigating #TrumpRussia .... L. Coyote Jul 2017 #48

Did you read the OP? FBaggins Jul 2017 #56

All 29 hit-and-run words. L. Coyote Jul 2017 #61

What an ironic post FBaggins Jul 2017 #62

That's a bullshit rhetorical tactic jberryhill Jul 2017 #78

She did get "Jared Kushner under investigation" Blue_Tires Jul 2017 #67

Yeah it's a funny thing melman Jul 2017 #6

You should appeal... the admins are not exactly fans of L.M. demmiblue Jul 2017 #9

No more and no less than her critics LanternWaste Jul 2017 #20

This message was self-deleted by its author NCTraveler Jul 2017 #28

Her critics are awfully hysterical, their hair on fire as they demand DU'ers submit to their will. emulatorloo Jul 2017 #34

Her fans seem to be the ones that still support Maduro and are mostly "anti-West" snooper2 Jul 2017 #43

Your statement is false. Plus you are falling for the fallacy of Guilt by Association. Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2017 #76

Not so much a nut job brettdale Jul 2017 #7

True. demmiblue Jul 2017 #8

Louise Mensch has sources Not Ruth Jul 2017 #11

Scammer more than nutter IMO lunasun Jul 2017 #13

but you can go to her website and help her become the next Breitbart, grantcart Jul 2017 #15

I'm gonna regret asking but, WTF is it now? nt Guy Whitey Corngood Jul 2017 #16

Mensch recently tweeted about kompromat against Bill Clinton. Eugene Jul 2017 #32

. Guy Whitey Corngood Jul 2017 #37

I've settled on the opinion that anything sources send her she releases without vetting stevenleser Jul 2017 #17

That is exactly how citizen journalism works Not Ruth Jul 2017 #18

I would at least partially disagree. I wouldn't have a problem if she at least stevenleser Jul 2017 #24

I was just watching a documentary, City of Ghosts, about industry award winning citizen journalists Not Ruth Jul 2017 #25

Most awards don't mean much. The salient question is, are you informing or misinforming. stevenleser Jul 2017 #42

I just got a phone call that said Boeing stock is going to triple in price in 3 hours snooper2 Jul 2017 #44

Pretty much. MineralMan Jul 2017 #19

I see the same patterns in her die hard fans I do in Alex Jones fans Lee-Lee Jul 2017 #21

+1 jberryhill Jul 2017 #27

+100 HopeAgain Jul 2017 #29

Definitely melman Jul 2017 #52

She should go back to writing novels, a better fit. n/t seaglass Jul 2017 #22

Agree. kstewart33 Jul 2017 #23

A right wing nut job at that La Lioness Priyanka Jul 2017 #26

I find people like HA Goodman and the "Sane Progressive" to be more damaging with their nuttery. nt. NCTraveler Jul 2017 #30

+ 1000 emulatorloo Jul 2017 #35

I had to unfollow her.... awesomerwb1 Jul 2017 #31

I Like her , I really, really like her. Special Counsel Jul 2017 #33

I don't think it's really misogynistic. That Bill Palmer guy is kind of nutty too. YoungDemCA Jul 2017 #47

Bill Palmer mostly reposts what he finds on other web sites womanofthehills Jul 2017 #58

Claude Taylor too... HopeAgain Jul 2017 #81

You know, back in the GWB days MGKrebs Jul 2017 #36

she tells people who hate Tr*mp what they want to hear. geek tragedy Jul 2017 #38

She's a Tory with a less-than-credible history of crazy claims. Yes she's been right several times YoungDemCA Jul 2017 #46

Exclusive: @AGSchneiderman had Trump, three children under DIRECT state surveillance L. Coyote Jul 2017 #49

I Believe This Post & # 50 Are True Me. Jul 2017 #55

Exclusive: GCHQ Has Recordings of Donald Trump Jr and Kushners Russia Meeting L. Coyote Jul 2017 #50

I received a lot of information yesterday ..... L. Coyote Jul 2017 #51

Do you have links to confirmation of the FISA warrant? jmg257 Jul 2017 #60

Posted above in this thread. MelissaB Jul 2017 #72

Louise Mensch needs her very own forum here Special Counsel Jul 2017 #53

Truth, Justice, and the American Way? MGKrebs Jul 2017 #54

Bernie bots, brought to by the same cyber crew Special Counsel Jul 2017 #59

It already exists FBaggins Jul 2017 #57

This Mensch promoter can't hear you anymore jberryhill Jul 2017 #79

So ignore her and pay attention instead to one of the HUNDREDS Blue_Tires Jul 2017 #69

I think many here do try to ignore her, but MGKrebs Jul 2017 #73

I only see her tweets when GallopingGhost Jul 2017 #74

I read her tweets and just keep going, but her latest one is a doozy ... LenaBaby61 Jul 2017 #75

Oh, my! demmiblue Jul 2017 #82