Jealous Haters Book Club: Modelland chapters 3 and 4, “Da-Tahhhh!” and “91% Chance”

I decided to lump these together because we need all the SMIZE answers, and we need them TODAY. [Ed. We got a SMIZE answer from commenter I Rell Vatch: “ Thanks to the Power of Pedantry, I can offer at least a smidgen of insight into the SMIZE lottery. Increasing one’s chances by 91% doesn’t mean you have a 91% chance of being selected, it means whatever your base likelihood of being selected is not quite doubled. A mid-tier candidate who has a 50% chance of being selected on their own has a 95.5% of being chosen if they find a token. A completely “no” candidate who has a 1% chance of being selected normally would have a 1.91% chance with the token.How this is a recognizable thing that nonetheless can be acquired in the shower, I have no clue. Nanobots that give you a trackable RFID tag once ingested?” Now, having just finished Chuck Tingle’s Bury Your Gays, the nanobot thing has me a little paranoid. But thanks, I Rell Vatch, for the math!] First, the narrator tells us about Tookie’s…