Then again, if they were capable of learning something like that they likely wouldn’t make the mistake in the first place.
"There are few industries where being completely wrong in every aspect of your profession holds no consequences whatsoever. Political punditry tops whatever else is on that list. Just look at Dick Morris or everyone on cable television who said the words “red wave” last year.
"The public has the attention span of a gnat, or they simply don’t mind being lied to. I’m not sure which it is, but neither is a good characteristic for a society hoping to improve itself in any way.
"Still, these soothsayers with a history of being wrong about the future never stop." . . .
. . ."That opens up a lot of space for people to simply make things up. Why not, really? When there are no consequences for being wrong, why not go crazy and declare things simply to be? After a day or two of “Wow, we don’t know why that ‘red wave’ didn’t happen” coverage on cable news, the entire concept and any mention of the predictions disappeared. Occasionally you’ll see one of the losing candidates on TV talking about some podcast they’re hosting or offering up more predictions about events they’re completely disconnected from, but they’re rarely referred to as having anything to do with the entire reason the audience has any idea who they are. Most just disappear. What happened to Hershel Walker or Dr. Oz?" . . .
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