margins of error -Micheal Gavey
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Last published Sun, Apr 5, 2026
At Oxford, everyone plays a part.
The philosophers wax poetic in pubs about free will they don't believe in. The medics complain about sleep while secretly loving the grind. The humanities students linger in gardens, pretending their degrees aren't melting in their hands like butter.
And then there's the ones like me - the ones who don't fit. Watching. Measuring. Calculating.
I always thought that gave me an advantage.
I don't get caught off guard. I don't get involved. I keep to my side of the library and my side of the line.
I don't gamble with people. People are chaos.
But then she showed up.
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