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  • Expert estimates of probability are often off by factors of hundreds or
    thousands. [...] I used to be annoyed when the margin of error was high in
    a forecasting model that I might put together. Now I view it as perhaps the
    single most important piece of information that a forecaster provides. When
    we publish a forecast on FiveThirtyEight, I go to great lengths to document
    the uncertainty attached to it, even if the uncertainty is sufficiently
    large that the forecast won't make for punchy headlines.

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