Editing 1885: Ensemble Model

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| number    = 1885
| date      = September 4, 2017
| title     = Ensemble Model
| image     = ensemble_model.png
| titletext = I'm in talks with Netflix to produce an alternate-universe crime drama about the world where sliced bread was never re-legalized, but it's going slowly because they keep changing their phone numbers and the door lock codes at their headquarters.
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==Explanation==
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"What if Germany won World War II" is a {{w|Hypothetical Axis victory in World War II|very popular}} subject for {{w|alternate history}} stories.

Actor {{w|Will Smith}} famously turned down the lead role of {{w|Neo (The Matrix)|Neo}} in ''{{w|The Matrix}}'', instead taking the role of Captain James T. West in the widely-panned action-comedy ''{{w|Wild Wild West}}''. The role of Neo ultimately went to {{w|Keanu Reeves}}. For a more detailed discuss of how the cinematic world would have been different had Smith taken the role, see [https://moviepilot.com/posts/2481780 "How Will Smith Turned Down "The Matrix" - And Blew A Chance To Change Hollywood Forever."]

The title text suggests that [[Randall]] has been pitching his absurd "alternate-universe crime drama" to {{w|Netflix}}, only that Netflix is uninterested and is attempting to prevent Randall from contacting them (or trespassing into the building). Netflix is notably the producer of ''{{w|The Man in the High Castle (TV series)|The Man in the High Castle}}'', a TV series based on a {{w|Philip K. Dick}} {{w|The Man in the High Castle|novel}} where Nazi Germany won World War II.

==Transcript==
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In a ensemble model, forecasters run many different versions of a whether model with slightly different initial conditions. This helps account for uncertainty and shows forecasters a spread of possible outcomes.

[Picture of several grey overlapping lines emitted from a point, then gradually diverging]

Numbers in a typical ensemble:

A universe where...

...rain is 0.5% less likely in some areas

...wind speeds are lightly lower

...pressure levels are randomly tweaked

...dogs run slightly faster

...there is one extra cloud in the Bahamas

...Gemrany won WWII

...Snakes are wide instead of long

...Will smith took the lead in ''The Matrix'' instead of ''Wild Wild West''

...Swimming pools are carbonated

...Sliced bread, after being banned in January 1943, was never re-legalized.
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