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Future Babble : Why Expert Predictions Fail - and Why We Believe Them Anyway by Dan Gardner is a science book available to read on EtoBox.
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In 2008, as the price of oil surged above $140 a barrel, experts said it would soon hit $200; a few months later it plunged to $30. In 1967, they said the USSR would have one of the fastest-growing economies in the year 2000; in 2000, the USSR did not exist. In 1911, it was pronounced that there would be no more wars in Europe; we all know how that turned out. Face it, experts are about as accurate as dart-throwing monkeys. And yet every day we ask them to predict the future — everything from th
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It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Dan Gardner
- Publisher
- McClelland and Stewart
- Published
- 2013
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780771035135
- Category
- science
- Subjects
- Psychology, Fiction, Social History
- Rating
- 3.84 / 5 (426 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
Other editions & translations
- Future Babble : Why Pundits Are Hedgehogs and Foxes Know Best (2012)
- Future Babble : Why Pundits Are Hedgehogs and Foxes Know Best (2011)
- Future Babble : Why Expert Predictions Are Next to Worthless, and You Can Do Better (2011)
- Future Babble: Why Expert Predictions Fail - And Why We Believe Them Anyway (2011)
- Future Babble : How to Stop Worrying and Love the Unpredictable (2012)