klassik

The problem isn't about inflation/deflation: the problem is real wages have been dropping for (say) the lowest 25%.

>Not sure about the Falkland war

Do you mean the war between Argentina and England? Argentina was not only under a military dictatorship then, but the war was definitely triggered by the military junta.

>western version of jihad

I don't see how Russia is culturally part of "the West" in any meaningful way. We can debate whether, say, Poland or Hungary is, but Russia is, to me, surely not part of any meaningful definition of the West (in a cultural sense)

When do they test you?

100% agree There's a simple statistical argument behind it: the variance drops as you increase the number of tests.

Let's say your true ability is A and you have one measurement M1. The variance (or, let's put it in another way: the probability that your M1 is waaaay different from your A) goes down if you also get M2, M3, M4 and take an average.

In other words: your measurements become more precise and the stress goes down a lot