“Prediction is not just one of the things your brain does. It is the primary function of the neo-cortex, and the foundation of intelligence.” DoeBrainFunctionFoundationPrimariesJust OnePredictions Book:On Intelligence Source: On Intelligence
“Business success is less a function of grandiose predictions than it is a result of being able to respond rapidly to real changes as they occur.” RealAbleResultsFunctionBusiness SuccessPredictionsReal ChangeGrandiose Author:Jack Welch
“The chief point we must remember is that the great and rapid advance of the physical sciences took place in fields where it proved that explanation and prediction could be based on laws which accounted for the observed phenomena as functions of comparatively few variables - either particular facts or relative frequencies of events.” FactsRememberLawEventsFieldsParticularFunctionChiefsExplanationRelativePredictionsRapidsFrequencyVariablesPhysical Science Author:Friedrich August von Hayek
“[Mikhail Bakunin] expectations were generally confirmed, including his prediction that some would seek to gain state power on the backs of popular revolution, then constructing a "Red bureaucracy" that would be one of the worst tyrannies in history, while others would recognize that power lies elsewhere and would serve as its apologists, becoming mystifies, "disablers," and managers while demanding the right to function in "technocratic isolation," in World Bank lingo.” WorldStatesWould BeLyingWorstRevolutionBecomingExpectationsGainsRedFunctionIncludingTyrannyManagersIsolationElsewherePredictionsBureaucracyWorld Bank Author:Noam Chomsky
“They believed that prediction was just a function of keeping track of things. If you knew enough, you could predict anything. That's been cherished scientific belief since Newton.' And?' Chaos theory throws it right out the window.” IfsEnoughBeliefTheoryWindowFunctionChaosTrackPredictionsNewtonChaos Theory Book:Michael Crichton's Jurassic World Source: Michael Crichton's Jurassic World