“It is very difficult to predict what other humans will do, and considerably more difficult to anticipate the behaviour of aliens.” — James Cambias Copy Share Image
One SF prediction that I would like very much to see: Get solar collectors launched to beam energy back home, and get… — Jack McDevitt Copy Share Image
In the year 1456 ... a Comet was seen passing Retrograde between the Earth and the sun... Hence I dare venture to… — Edmond Halley Copy Share Image
We need to stop, and admit it: we have a prediction problem. We love to predict things—and we aren’t very good at… — Nate Silver Copy Share Image
I have yet to see a successful prediction about the physical world that was inferred or extrapolated from the content of any… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
I think political science is bad at prediction. We don't gaze into a crystal ball. I do not believe that we predict… — Ian Bremmer Copy Share Image
Prediction? The Democrats will win. I think it will be a close win, both for the House and for the Senate. — John Dingell Copy Share Image
“Prediction and explanation are exactly symmetrical. Explanations are, in effect, predictions about what has happened; predictions are explanations about what's going to… — John Rogers Searle Copy Share Image
Only human beings can look directly at something, have all the information they need to make an accurate prediction, perhaps even momentarily… — Gavin de Becker Copy Share Image
Whatever happens, happens. I can't give you a prediction because Jim (Irsay) and I will sit down at some point and he'll… — Peyton Manning Copy Share Image
“If you were destined to be a poet, then you won't brainstorm for lines that rhymes. If you were destined to be… — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
The goal of forecasting is not to predict the future but to tell you what you need to know to take meaningful… — Paul Saffo Copy Share Image
There is no formula that will guarantee success in forecasting, no magic words that will part the clouds. The real problem, as… — Edgar Fiedler Copy Share Image
Forecasting is simply not a strength of the species; we are much better with tools and narrative storytelling. — Barry Ritholtz Copy Share Image
Predicting recessions is indeed a dark art, but I think we are several years away from the next one. — Mark Zandi Copy Share Image
People often say that it is easier to predict the way things are going to be 10 to 20 years in the… — Mark Zuckerberg Copy Share Image
“as Clarke himself has emphasized, it is virtually impossible to predict the details of future technologies for more than perhaps half a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
And as for Mixed Mathematics, I may only make this prediction, that there cannot fail to be more kinds of them, as… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
