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In another joint paper on “the illusion of validity,” that legendary duo posited that an apparent similarity between two unrelated events, a parchment-paper test, makes us partial to seemingly endless, overconfident prophesies of disaster.

In 1993, John B. Taylor formalized that concept with the “Taylor rule,” which posited that policy rates below the neutral rate would spur inflation, signaling the Fed to hike rates.

Sifting through research papers eventually led them to a law of induction posited by Scottish physicist James Clerk Maxwell.

Victor — whose go-to area for birding is the Ramble, a large woodland area in Central Park — posited that birding is especially accessible in New York City, somewhat ironically, because of the limited green space.

One guest posited that the cat intercepted meat deliveries to nearby restaurants, while another suggested she attended a local underground “catsquerade.”