[a_shovel]

When their initial theory of cough count produced a trend line that didn't really work well, with some major outliers, they introduced the implausible, ad-hoc mechanisms like the Thriller Tripler effect and the Batman effect to make it fit. This is the part that isn't just parodical silliness, but has actual applicability. This is something you might see in a bad research paper.

[spiffytech]

The best part of the Batman factor is that since it relies on data from the future it destroys the model's predictiveness!

[ouid]

Au contraire, it just predicts a new thing. Viggo Mortensen as Batman.