It’s not your point but haven’t we gotten a lot more data sets, since 2001, that can more firmly point in that direction though? Wouldn’t that reversion to mean have started to occur?
I wish politics weren’t involved but it was inevitable. I see similarities with the vaccine stuff.
I do agree that most of our belly-aching is just random variance. Possibly with one or two exceptions. If you hit black on the roulette wheel for 3 straight, your chances of hitting on black for the fourth spin are still 50/50. Even though it doesn’t seem fair- surely red is due!