Did you take any to look at the mathematical argument being done? Ad hominems are usually taken as bad faith in academics, and this is an académico argument.

It was a big a notice on the math world in the zone, no surprise it was being reported a lot. In any case, to satisfy your and hominem, here's an article published in a mid-left Colombian newsletter https://www.elespectador.com/opinion/columnistas/hector-abad-faciolince/democracia-totalitaria-y-matematicas/

Even Terrence Tao reported on the issue: https://terrytao.wordpress.com/2024/08/02/what-are-the-odds-ii-the-venezuelan-presidential-election/

If you have mathematical arguments against Terrence's, I would love to read them.

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[–] Flyberius@hexbear.net 5 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

An ad-hominem is when I attack you or your character. I pointed out that your source is likely extremely biased.

And for the mathematical argument, the numbers he's analysing don't even match the reported votes in this other source that is highly critical of Maduro.

https://www.freiheit.org/venezuela-electoral-fraudster-president-venezuela

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[–] Danitos@reddthat.com 1 points 6 hours ago

The reason for the discrepancy is the numbers are from when the CNE first oficially declared Maduro the winner of the elections. The numbers Terrence used are given by CNE's president himself: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1v1y1_8AKY.

The source you provided uses the last numbers given by the CNE.

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