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Comment by theworst

Correct, but that's just because of the inherently unpredictable nature of future telling.

What are the alternatives? One could simply not engage in projections, which is difficult because they're so tempting. A third option is to listen to the non-experts, which doesn't seem more valuable...

This is something I struggle WRT economics. I know economists are little more than fortune tellers, but what are the other options?

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