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I play mostly unrated, and so have to worry not at all about cheating. There's nothing really at stake. If I am cheated and lose? Oh, darn. But as a famous politician might say, what difference would …

How many votes, total, had to shift in the swing states to change the result, @salmon_rushdie ? Do you actually think it was "millions" ? That's not my understanding. Have you actually looked into tha…

It is INDEED a paradox. It leads to contradiction, as I belabored! :)

I never try to tell other people what they are permitted to "question." And I try to realize when I am taking an inconsistent position, and not just make an excuse for that. By the way, I asked severa…

Is this meant to be a puzzle, @MIHIR_KATTI ? Spell what, my friend? And if I could, why would I find such bees "humbling" ? I'll hazard a guess at what you meant, and reply by quoting an online source…

Congratulations, nevertheless, @salmon_rushdie . Knowledge of geography is increasingly rare, it seems to me. And knowledge of history, even more rare than that. It ASTONISHES me how many adults don't…

It's actually an amusing, thought-producing question, and I thank @Al-Ghoul for posting it. If we assume that one of the answers is correct, there are three stated possibilities -- 0, 25 or 50 (percen…

Both spelling bees and the piano concertos of young virtuosos serve to keep us humble. They share that function with chess.

tl;dr Sorry, I know this is long, and I won't attempt to summarize. But if we only attend to brief talking points and slogans, what's the point of reading at all? Too many on both sides of politics al…

Biden is better than Trump? In what ways? I'm genuinely curious. Perhaps my memory isn't what it used to be, for anything but, say, the sicilian.