Quotes on the topic: Prediction


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The groundhog is like most other prophets; it delivers its prediction and then disappears.


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


I think science fiction is very bad at prediction.


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


As for the depiction of the Catholic church, it's not meant to be a prediction.


One very important aspect of string theory is definitely testable. That was the prediction of supersymmetry, which emerged from string theory in the early '70s.


Prediction? The Democrats will win. I think it will be a close win, both for the House and for the Senate.


Global warming isn't a prediction. It is happening.


Prediction by analogy -creativity - is so pervasive we normally don't notice it.


Prediction is very difficult, especially if it's about the future.


I don't know anything about politics. I wouldn't put too much into my prediction on politics.


A self-fulfilling prophecy is an assumption or prediction that, purely as a result of having been made, cause the expected or predicted event to occur and thus confirms its own 'accuracy.'


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.


I try not to get involved in the business of prediction. It's a quick way to look like an idiot.