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3) Many analysts regard Oracle's wager on network computers (an alternative to PCs) as a wasteful distraction.
Inevitably the mayors of Nashville and St. Louis will wager well-known local products on the big game.
Kruger and Dunning are careful to point out that in certain circumstances, it's impossible for all but the clinically deluded to ignore evidence about one's relative competence: "We doubt whether many of our readers would dare take on Michael Jordan in a game of one-on-one, challenge Eric Clapton with a session of dueling guitars, or enter into a friendly wager on the golf course with Tiger Woods."
I'll wager that 1) you don't know the answers; and 2) you don't care.