They ' re clearly trying to win back viewers by ANY MEANS hahah <| sep |> he reveals that since March of 1997 he doesn ' t really believe in anything . This could possibly refer to the March 26 , 1997 incident in San Diego , California , where 39 Heaven ' s Gate cultists committed mass suicide at their compound . It is a plausible explanation , since one of them was the brother of Nichelle Nichols a Star Trek actress , so the event got a big resonance in nerd circles and Randall often refers to Star Trek in xkcd . However , given Black Hat ' s strange behavior , it could be anything , even Bill Clinton banning federal funding for human cloning research <| sep |> right . there is cause for alarm . Keep in mind though franken was behind by 200 votes going into recount and won by about 300 . Thats a swing of about 500 votes which is definitely possibe without fraud occurring . For them to find an additional 28 K votes for Clinton more than Trump is beyond unlikely and would create endless legal charges with both sides claiming massive fraud . Think about it even if Clinton benefitted at a 2 to 1 ratio which i would say is high they would have to find at least 55 K new votes for her to pass the Donald in wisconsin . Wisconsin has to notify Trump of the recount and he will have lawyers and team members there hotly contesting Steins efforts to change things most assuredly .