#prediction

The fantastic advances in the field of electronic communication constitute a greater danger to the privacy of the individual. ↗

— Earl Warren

#computers #e-mail #individuality #internet #prediction

Distinguishing the signal from the noise requires both scientific knowledge and self-knowledge: the serenity to accept the things we cannot predict, the courage to predict the things we can, and the wisdom to know the difference. ↗

— Nate Silver

#knowledge #prediction #self-knowledge #uncertainty #wisdom

Wisdom is nothing more than confirmed imagination: just because one did not study for his exam does not mean that he should leave it blank. ↗

— Criss Jami

#confidence #confirmation #confirmed #creativity #error

You cannot see the past that did not happen any more than you can foresee the future. ↗

— Madeleine L'Engle

#past #regret #family

The behavior of a human being in sexual matters is often a prototype for the whole of his other modes of reaction in life. ↗

— Sigmund Freud

#human-being #life #personality #prediction #reaction

As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron. ↗

— H.L. Mencken

#elite #elitism #elitist #meritocracy #politics

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

— Bill Vaughan

#disappears #like #most #other #prediction

I figure lots of predictions is best. People will forget the ones I get wrong and marvel over the rest. ↗

— Alan Cox

#figure #forget #get #i #lots

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

— Murray Gell-Mann

#astonished #correct #experimental #frequently #i

I don't think a reporter should give advice or make predictions. ↗