You're right, of course. I didn't think that through. There haven't been any good "gain the habit of really thinking things through" exercises for a Skill-of-the-Week post, have there?
Bear in mind that it's often not worth the effort. I think the skill to train would be recognizing when it might be.
Besides, in the prediction-hash case, they may well not post right away.
Here's the new thread for posting quotes, with the usual rules: