As pollsters puzzle out why they missed the Rust Belt's right turn, commentators have speculated that everything from yard signs to Twitter polls should have hinted at Clinton's weakness there.
UK-based international leaders in this field, Tony Dunne and Fiona Raby, argue in their recent book Speculative Everything that if we speculate more, and about everything in our lives, reality will become more malleable.
He was fascinated by the sorts of futures that technology might unlock, speculating about everything from how morals evolve in rich societies to when clean energy might finally displace fossil fuels.
While banks have stepped in with their superior balance sheets, credit ratings and trading skills to fill the liquidity void left by Enron, the latest ramp-up in trading has also been marked by an air of secrecy underscored by the proliferation of hundreds of hedge funds that are speculating on everything from crude oil to electricity in both regulated and unregulated markets.
They speculate that everything from suspicion about new vaccines to apprehension about discussions on sexual activity may be causing parents to reject the shots for their children.
"Media has been speculating about everything from UFOs to Russian space ships, and the time has come to find out what the sonar image actually is".
Scientists have speculated that they do everything from enabling the equids to evade predators by creating an optical illusion when a herd gallops away to regulating body heat to helping the animals avoid biting flies.
Some speculated that, in spite of everything, Mr Kulov could be the person to fill that slot.
As for the rest, Mr. Fleischer probably was as good a guide as any when he said, "I think that it's impossible for anybody to speculate about anything and everything that could possibly happen under any military scenario".
Everything from "Survivor" to "American Idol" to all the "Housewives" to the speculated reality series on the Octomom, and anything in between.
