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[-] wise_pancake@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 months ago

That’s not entirely true

Polls still predict how people will behave, but there is a lot of room for events to happen.

If you properly weight your polls with probability of outcomes, it’s useful. That’s not easy though.

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