Quinella

Quinella: a bet in which the first two horses in a race must be predicted, but not necessarily in the correct order.

Roddie sends through another series of conspiracy theories by Facebook messenger … see exhibit below.

Exchange of messages ensued:

Me: Why for your send this through? I assign the same value to all internet information whether I agree with it or not. That is, I apply a pretty low calibration factor. The style of these entries makes me mark them down even further as they appear to be constructed by morons. Not that I think you are of course! You’re just cherry picking. Use that training

Rod: The training is the problem…..

Me: There’s good and bad in all skills. You just have to use them wisely and not exclusively.

Rod: The biggest skill is to question your own belief systems that the matrix generates…and then to have the fortitude to overcome the cognitive dissonance.

Me: Well it shouldn’t be too hard to tunnel through to a solution if you’re unconstrained by reason. In such a scenario, cognitive dissonance could itself be a cooked up emotion designed to keep you playing the game.

Rod: Dissonance is real … and tunneling takes commitment … most can’t handle the quinella.

Me: I can’t even pick the daily double since Anastasia changed her mind.