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An edition of Future babble (2010)

Future babble

why expert predictions are next to worthless, and you can do better

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Gardner presents landmark research debunking the whole expert prediction industry and explores our obsession with the future.

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Dutton
Language
English
Pages
305

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Subjects

Fallacies (Logic), Perception, Thought and thinking, Uncertainty, Social prediction, Forecasting, Prévision, Incertitude, Sophismes, Pensée, Fallacies (logic)

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Future Babble: How to Stop Worrying and Love the Unpredictable
2012, Ebury Publishing
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Future Babble: How to Stop Worrying and Love the Unpredictable
2012, Ebury Publishing
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Future babble: why expert predictions fail and why we believe them anyway
2011, Virgin Books
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Future Babble: Why Expert Predictions Are Wrong -- and Why We Believe Them Anyway
2011, Scribe Publications
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2010, McClelland & Stewart
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Future babble: why expert predictions are next to worthless, and you can do better
2010, Dutton
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Future Babble: Why Expert Predictions Fail - And Why We Believe Them Anyway
2010, McClelland & Stewart
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Table of Contents

Introduction
The unpredictable world
In the minds of experts
The experts agree : expect much more of the same
Unsettled by uncertainty
Everyone loves a hedgehog
When prophets fail
The end is nigh.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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303.4909
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BF463.U5 G475 2010, BF463.U5 G475 2011, BF463.U5G475 2011

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Number of pages
305

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OL25041960M
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ISBN 13
9780525952053
LCCN
2010041293
OCLC/WorldCat
635459566

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