#forecast

During the early 1960s, I decided to supplement research support for quantitative economic studies at Pennsylvania by selling econometric forecasts to private and public sector buyers. ↗

— Lawrence R. Klein

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The funds from the sale were put into research and general teaching budgets at the university. Wharton Econometric Forecasting Associates, Inc., is now a growing enterprise with many model and other econometric facilities. ↗

— Lawrence R. Klein

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The key to making a good forecast is not in limiting yourself to quantitative information. ↗

— Nate Silver

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You don't want to influence the same system you are trying to forecast. ↗

— Nate Silver

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I believe that economists put decimal points in their forecasts to show they have a sense of humor. ↗

— William Gilmore Simms

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It is almost possible to predict one or two days in advance, within a rather broad range of probability, what the weather is going to be; it is even thought that it will not be impossible to publish daily forecasts, which would be very useful to soci. ↗

— Antoine Lavoisier

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Computer modelling for weather forecasting, and indeed for climate forecasting, has reached its limits. ↗

— Piers Corbyn

#computer #forecasting #indeed #limits #modelling

The most reliable way to forecast the future is to try to understand the present. ↗

— John Naisbitt

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And this is one way to do technology forecasting; get a sense of where technology is, and then anticipate the next upturn. ↗

— Chris Anderson

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If you have to forecast, forecast often. ↗