Let's go back to high school. You're a good student, at or near the top of your class. You've got natural gifts but you also work hard for your grades and for your future success. You've got a classmate, George, also smart but lazy as a 12-term congressman.
George doesn't study; he just finds a way to sit near you at test time. You get an A, George gets an A. You got a 1550 on your SAT — hey, so did George. You were a shoo-in for top science project prize, except George's project coincidently mirrored yours.
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