Perot

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Perot is a recurring person in the Astral Codex Ten archive, appearing 2 times across 2 issues between February 23, 2021 and July 25, 2023. The archive places it in contexts such as “But they reminded me that Perot did in both ‘92 and ‘96”; “‘all three candidates (Clinton, Bush, and Perot) took notes lefthanded’“. It most often appears alongside Less Wrong, Trump, 1992 Presidential debate.

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  • Category: People
  • Mention count: 2
  • Issue count: 2
  • First seen: February 23, 2021
  • Last seen: July 25, 2023

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Recovered passages from the original issue text. When the raw archive preserved outbound links inside the source passage, they are listed directly under the quote.

February 23, 2021 · Original source
3: This week on Metaculus: will a third-party candidate win 5%+ of the popular vote in 2024? Users say 15% chance, which I started out thinking was way too high. But they reminded me that Perot did in both '92 and '96, and if something's happened two of the last eight times it could have, maybe it's actually kind of common? Add that to the constant threats by Trumpist or anti-Trumpist conservatives to split from the Republican party, and maybe they're not crazy? I'm still betting against.
July 25, 2023 · Original source
Left-handedness was much discriminated against in the past. For example, Ronald Reagan was a natural lefty who was brought up to write righthanded. But then discrimination against left-handers greatly declined in the US. I wouldn't be surprised if the immense popularity of lefthanded baseball heroes like Ty Cobb and Babe Ruth changed American attitudes. For example, in the 1992 Presidential debate, all three candidates (Clinton, Bush, and Perot) took notes lefthanded.