#prediction

I've actually made a prediction that within 30 years a majority of new cars made in the United States will be electric. And I don't mean hybrid, I mean fully electric. ↗

— Elon Musk

#cars #electric #fully #hybrid #i

Spontaneity is a meticulously prepared art ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#future-prediction #inspirational #reality-of-life #spontaneity #art

«“Looks like your sci-fi prediction came true right away, Xavier.” “That can be gratifying,” mused the novelist. “But not all the time.”» ↗

— Bruce Sterling

#prediction #scifi #love

I knew by the signs it would be a hard winter. The hollies bore a heavy crop of berries and birds stripped them bare. Crows quarreled in reaped fields and owls cried in the mountains, mournful as widows. Fur and moss grew thicker than usual. Cold rains came, driven sideways through the trees by north winds, and snows followed. ↗

— Sarah Micklem

#folklore #nature #predictions #weather #winter

I am saying that all predictions concerning climate are highly uncertain. ↗

— Freeman Dyson

#climate #concerning #highly #i #i am

If Apple were to grow the iPod into a cell phone with a web browser, Microsoft would be in big trouble. ↗

— Paul Graham

#prediction #age

I never said I will stand, I said I hoped to stand. It wasn't a prediction. ↗

— Christopher Reeve

#i #never #prediction #said #stand

We want to get 80%-85% of predictions right, not 100%. Or else we calibrated our estimates in the wrong way. ↗

— Nate Silver

#estimates #get #our #predictions #right

Would you bet your paycheck on a weather forecast for tomorrow? If not, then why should this country bet billions on global warming predictions that have even less foundation? ↗

— Thomas Sowell

#billions #country #even #forecast #foundation

If I would need to make a prediction I still believe Kaplan's scenario is very plausible. ↗

— David Korten

#i #make #need #plausible #prediction