It's been a season where you're scared even to try to make predictions.
For example, people are naturally inclined to make predictions by extrapolating recent trends.
"I won't make predictions, I will just do my very best to make sure the number goes up and up, " he said.
They have no ability to explain the reasons behind the macro trends or make predictions that go beyond the next data release.
Even the Modelers themselves say that they do not make predictions .
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Thomas Malthus also make predictions, and revised them repeatedly during his lifetime.
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Computers use the laws of physics and mathematics to make predictions based on simulations of the atmosphere that are represented on a grid.
Network predictions are mixed: One network executive said that volumes could be higher, while another said it was too early to make predictions.
When one word, macaca, can become an issue, when one personal scandal can plunge the House into turmoil, it isn't safe to make predictions anymore.
So I would caution against anyone to try to make predictions about the outcome of this case based solely on the tenor of the questions.
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Almost half of CMOs have used social data to make predictions or forecasts, and nearly nine in 10 say this data has influenced their decisions.
Yabuki believes that more granular information--how people are using their bank accounts, online bill-pay service, debit cards and credit cards--will make predictions of default rates more accurate.
However, scientists caution that it will be hard to make predictions about torcetrapib before key data is presented at a medical meeting in New Orleans in late March.
They were asked to make predictions for 2013 with three sets of odds: Something that is pretty certain, predictions that are rather more risky, and finally ones that are complete wild cards.
"It's hard to make predictions especially about the future, " is one of those oft-quoted quotations, variously ascribed to physicist Niels Bohr, Danish artist Robert Storm Petersen, Sam Goldwyn, and baseball-playing philosopher Yogi Berra.
With so much of the set-up being new, Byrne admits it is hard to make predictions about what the team can achieve as he has no idea how the bike may develop.
And the American people expect the folks they send to Washington to work on their behalf and not sit around and make predictions about what will be helpful for their electoral prospects in November.
The only thing you have to specify is the mass of the Higgs boson, after that, all interactions of the Standard Model are fixed, and you can make predictions to arbitrary accuracy (though it is very hard practically).
Lots of theories have been produced to explain this puzzle, but the most plausible answer may be that the premium varies according to the circumstances and the markets' liquidity which is pretty useless if you are trying to make predictions.
With a nod toward Bayes theorem, Ludlow basically wants to confuse the advertisers trying to profile him and the algorithmic machines that are trying to make predictions about him by throwing lots of false information about himself onto their radars.
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But there are a lot of other big question marks over Pfizer. (As Yogi Berra and Niels Bohr both noted, it is very hard to make predictions, especially about the future.) As part of my research, I pooled the predictions of six sell-side analysts, and found some surprising disagreements about the road ahead for Pfizer.
Virtual tumors will get more realistic, enough to make specific predictions that can be tested.
But his data aren't comprehensive enough to make definitive predictions for various categories of storm intensity.
If you want to make accurate predictions, skip the mental wheel grinding and go with your feelings.
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It is this cumulative knowledge, which our feelings summarize for us, that allows us make better predictions.
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Users were able to make live predictions and compete against other fans for all 67 tournament games.
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All said Lanza's theory needs to make clear predictions of experimental results, so that it can be tested.
How would that be gained by taking people out of the process and having computers make the predictions?
As 2012 comes to an end, it seems apropos to make some predictions for 2013 on the record.
It would be rash at this point to make any predictions of who will actually win that executive power.
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