When I was very young
I insisted that the cut Christmas tree could be planted in the yard after Christmas and continue to grow. I was convinced of this even though my parents tried to explain how this wouldn't work. I just knew it would grow if planted.
So, my parents allowed me to dig a hole and water that dead tree for months. Each week that went by I became more strident in my hope that it would eventually grow. By July the dead, brown, needless tree was clearly gone. I cried.
My parents used the episode to help me learn about biology. I never forgot that lesson.
It occurs to me that a similar edification exercise in math and probability is happening right now in the Democratic Party.
Soon, it will be clear that a certain tree is never going to grow. Perhaps this will be a useful long-term lesson.
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