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inimino on Oct 21, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Is This Economist Too Far Ahead of His Time?

> clearly successful prediction is going on.

Throwing out all possible wild ideas, some of which happen to come true, isn't what "prediction" means.

nitwit005 on Oct 23, 2016 [–]

Given the poor prediction reputation of Economists, their attempts probably match your description as well.

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