I shall go further and say that even if an examination of the past could lead to any valid prediction concerning man's future, that prediction would be the contrary of reassuring.
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The only certain prediction is that we will never be able to see the future.
Florin Hanganu
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Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future.
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Prediction is very difficult, especially if it's about the future.
quote by Niels Bohr
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There is no justifiable prediction about how the hypothesis will hold up in the future; its degree of corroboration simply is a historical statement describing how severely the hypothesis has been tested in the past.
quote by Robert Nozick
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Is This The Year The World Will End?
The Mayans knew a thing or two.
They forecast that the world would end
In two thousand and ten plus two.
I do not think we can depend
On their prediction coming true..
There have been prophecies before
Predicting that the end was due,
I do not there will be more.
I do not claim to prophecies
I have no faith in those who do.
My world will end the day I die.
I think the same applies to you.
I could be wrong quite possibly
It may be true the Mayans knew.
Enough to state with certainty.
That their prediction would come true.
The Mayans were astronomers
They left behind a legacy
In the form of calendars
What they believed would come to be.
Is this the year of destiny?
We have no choice but wait and see.
I think that very probably.
We’ll carry on regardlessly.
It just another prophecy.
Though based on erudition.
The Mayans thought mistakenly.
Would herald the destruction.
Of everything and everyone.
We hope that it will prove to be
another failed prediction.
Like every other prophecy.
What fate decrees will come to be.
The world is bound to end some day.
But when remains a mystery.
No man alive can solve today.
poem by Ivor Or Ivor.e Hogg
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Contrary to popular accounts, very few scientists in the world - possibly none - have a sufficiently thorough, ""big picture"" understanding of the climate system to be relied upon for a prediction of the magnitude of global warming. To the public, we all might seem like experts, but the vast majority of us work on only a small portion of the problem.
quote by Roy Spencer
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The unsure guides
Future is uncertain.
Hopes, fears, doubts, perception,
Inference, prediction, speculation,
And suspicions are the unsure guides.
15.07.2011
poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar
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As for the depiction of the Catholic church, it's not meant to be a prediction.
quote by Dan Simmons
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Prediction? The Democrats will win. I think it will be a close win, both for the House and for the Senate.
quote by John Dingell
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The groundhog is like most other prophets; it delivers its prediction and then disappears.
quote by Bill Vaughan
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If I would need to make a prediction I still believe Kaplan's scenario is very plausible.
quote by David Korten
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A nice blend of prediction and surprise seem to be at the heart of the best art.
quote by Wendy Carlos
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Prediction by analogy -creativity - is so pervasive we normally don't notice it.
quote by Jeff Hawkins
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Soccer Prediction!
Octopus soccer prediction
Decides the victory for world cup
Among nations for 2010!
poem by Ramesh T A
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The only relevant test of the validity of a hypothesis is comparison of prediction with experience.
quote by Milton Friedman
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But I don't think I have any particular talent for prediction, because when you have three or four elements in hand, you don't have to be a genius to reach certain conclusions.
quote by Antonio Tabucchi
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It's the place where my prediction from the sixties finally came true In the future everyone will be famous for fifteen minutes. I'm bored with that line. I never use it anymore. My new line is, In fifteen minutes everybody will be famous.
quote by Andy Warhol
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Let me state what the official IPCC prediction is: Sea levels could go up as much as three-quarters of a meter in this century, but there is a reasonable probability it could be much higher than that.
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Occurrences in this domain are beyond the reach of exact prediction because of the variety of factors in operation, not because of any lack of order in nature.
quote by Albert Einstein
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Yes There Will Be Troubles In The Future
yes, there will be troubles in the future
these, all these, we see in our crystal balls,
more problems to come
planets aligning against our paths
the stars are blinking
an image of boat sinking
another loud scream
more dark enemy schemes
some traps to avoid
some lessons to be learned
more failures to come
innumerable disappointments
expect lamentations
list the incoming burdens and
harrowing horrors
these are tiresome predilection
another unkind prediction
let me have my own day now
I still have the grass to mow.
poem by Ric S. Bastasa
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