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Hating Math Right Now (Original Post) ItsjustMe Nov 2020 OP
Womp to the Womp Blue Owl Nov 2020 #1
If only they had succeeded in 2016... Make7 Nov 2020 #2
Math deniers world wide wally Nov 2020 #3
I like math Gothmog Nov 2020 #4

Make7

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2. If only they had succeeded in 2016...
Thu Nov 5, 2020, 09:10 PM
Nov 2020
GOP Statisticians Develop New Branch Of Math To Formulate Scenarios In Which Trump Doesn’t Win Nomination

March 2, 2016

WASHINGTON—In an effort to counter the real estate magnate’s rapidly growing lead in the delegate count, GOP statisticians announced Wednesday they had successfully developed an entirely new branch of mathematics for formulating scenarios in which Donald Trump does not win the Republican Party’s presidential nomination. “By expanding on pioneering work in the fields of applied statistics, higher-order logic, and number theory, we’ve arrived at a new branch of mathematics that provides for a multitude of feasible outcomes in which Donald Trump is not the 2016 GOP nominee,” said Dr. Jeffrey Larson, who has led a team of more than 30 statisticians who have been working around the clock at RNC headquarters to establish new mathematical properties since the wealthy businessman won the New Hampshire primary by a 20-point margin.

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https://politics.theonion.com/gop-statisticians-develop-new-branch-of-math-to-formula-1819578676

I bet Trump has them trying to determine how 'less than' actually means 'more' for individual states right now.
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