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the educated leap your brain takes when patience and data both ran out

means To form an opinion or estimate without enough certain knowledge, hoping you land close to the truth.

from From Middle English gessen, likely borrowed from a Scandinavian source — compare Old Norse and Danish gisse — and a cousin of Dutch gissen, all carrying the sense of 'to aim at, estimate, suppose.' The deeper root is thought to relate to the idea of 'getting' or 'grasping' mentally, the same family that gives us 'get' — fitting for a word about reaching for an answer you can't quite hold.

origin
From Old Norse meaning to aim or estimate
coin flip
Pure guessing wins 50 percent, often beating overthinking
science fuel
Hypotheses are just guesses wearing lab coats
the brand
Guess jeans launched in 1981 with one denim style
gut math
Snap guesses can outperform deliberate analysis on some tasks
for instance

guess who — board game where players ask yes/no questions to identify a character, first released by milton bradley in 1979

guess the google search — viral game on twitter where users try to figure out what autocomplete suggestion matches a description

guess jeans — fashion brand founded by georges marciano in 1981, known for denim and casual wear

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