Accuracy Quote by Steven Magee

“Most of the time the Oregon aurora prediction is wrong.”

— Steven Magee

“The predicted USA aurora was a bust! The solar radiation definitely arrived, as people had strange fatigue and pains in Oregon, USA on the…

— Steven Magee

“Precise forecasts masquerade as accurate ones, and some of us get fooled and double-down our bets.”

— Nate Silver

“predictions can’t vary more than the thing being forecast.”

— Richard H. Thaler

“All predictions are wrong, that's one of the few certainties granted to mankind.”

— Milan Kundera

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

— Nate Silver

“Predictions are just good guesses or stories for the gullible.”

— Wynne Channing

Those market researchers... are playing games with you and me and with this entire country. Their so-called samples of opinion are no more accurate…

— Dan Rather

“Once in a while, however, the future turns out to be very different from the past. It’s at these times that accurate forecasts would…

— Howard Marks

“When I plan, I don't forecast failure, no matter the climate.”

— Jay Mullings

Precise forecasts masquerade as accurate ones.

— Nate Silver

“Inaccurate estimates are a failure of information, not of values or principles. If the numbers are wrong, fix the numbers and communicate the consequences.”

— Kent Beck