Audience Quote by Al Gore

“It is amusing to poke fun at the experts when their predictions fail. However, we should be careful with our Schadenfreude. To say our…

— Nate Silver

I believe scientists have a duty to share the excitement and pleasure of their work with the general public, and I enjoy the challenge…

— Antony Hewish

I've ceased making predictions on things because we'll see how they turn out.

— David Plouffe

I am frequently astonished that it so often results in correct predictions of experimental results.

— Murray Gell-Mann

Enormous numbers of people are taken in, or at least beguiled and fascinated, by what seems to me to be unbelievable hocum, and relatively…

— Douglas Hofstadter

I think science fiction is very bad at prediction.

— China Mieville

For me to sit down here, even as a Nobel Laureate and make a prediction about which science I think that will be a…

— Ahmed H. Zewail

Never believe a prediction that does not empower you.

— Sean Stephenson

“In making these predictions, I have had the invaluable assistance of scientists who graciously allowed me to interview them, broadcast their ideas on national…

— Michio Kaku

All I'm doing, all I have done for 40 years, is spend time with the best scientific experts, gain their confidence, and take advantage…

— Al Gore

The one prediction that never comes true is, 'You'll thank me for telling you this.

— Judith Martin

I never make predictions and I never will.

— Paul Gascoigne