#recast

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. ↗

— Edgar R. Fiedler

#forecast #often #you

No one can forecast the economy with certainty. ↗

— Jamie Dimon

#economy #forecast

There are domains in which expertise is not possible. Stock picking is a good example. And in long-term political strategic forecasting, it's been shown that experts are just not better than a dice-throwing monkey. ↗

— Daniel Kahneman

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If you have reason to think that yesterday's forecast went wrong, there is no glory in sticking to it. ↗

— Nate Silver

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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

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There is no way that we can predict the weather six months ahead beyond giving the seasonal average ↗

— Stephen Hawking

#forecasting #global-warming #weather #change