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The Predictive Power of Nonsense
Today we have Halloween masks, coffee cups, cookie sales, and winners of sporting events all being credited with forecasting ability. But if you search hard enough (and it won't even be that hard), you can always find perfect associations in history that have no predictive power.[read more]
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“Interesting post... I've been an admirer of Rick's for years and had no idea that this is what he is interested in right now. Good for SAP for having him at SAPPHIRE.”