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While optimists
predict
that these innovations will usher in an era of unprecedented abundance, less sanguine analysts estimate that nearly half of all jobs currently performed by humans are vulnerable to replacement by robots and increasingly sophisticated software.
Their so-called “rational expectations models”
predict
that exchange rates should not deviate from parity in any lasting way.
If we place “imperfect knowledge” at the heart of economic analysis, the implications of our limited ability to
predict
market outcomes becomes clear.
Even if Gordon’s pessimism is excessive, the timing of the next breakthrough in technology is impossible to
predict.
As a result, many observers
predict
that this election will mark a turning point for the government’s deep-rooted collusion with the chaebol, and South Korea’s corporate dynasties are getting nervous.
(A political historian, Lichtman is famous for having devised a model that has enabled him to
predict
the election of every American president from Ronald Reagan to Donald Trump.)
And while some
predict
a recovery in 2016, I fail to see how any analysis of demand flows can justify that forecast.
As the physicist Niels Bohr said: “It is very hard to predict, especially the future.”
Similarly, today we are trying to
predict
the nature of future work before the jobs of the future have been invented.
Despite wide and persistent swings in actual currency markets, their so-called “rational expectations models”
predict
that exchange rates should not deviate from parity in any lasting way.
Once this “imperfect knowledge” is placed at the heart of economic analysis, the implications of our inherently limited ability to
predict
market outcomes become clear.
While future sea level is hard to predict, most experts would agree that unabated global warming could lead in the coming centuries to a rise measured in meters, threatening the very existence of many coastal cities and entire island nations.
It is impossible to
predict
when such a plunge will occur, or whether it will coincide with the next recession.
This is true, in part, because scientists can often
predict
the future consequences of current actions.
These are but two examples of thousands of instances in which it makes good sense for decision-makers to take into account what science can
predict
about the future.
She was wrong: the complexity of modern science does not allow anyone, least of all bureaucrats, to
predict
where innovation will emerge.
So, rather than worrying about Trump’s personal predilections or trying to
predict
the unpredictable, China’s leaders are remaining focused on what is really important: the need for a cooperative bilateral relationship.
And British government scientists
predict
that the United Kingdom will be “a predominantly obese society” by 2050.
The participants will try to ensure that Cuba is invited to the next summit in 2015, but it is difficult to
predict
what will happen.
It is not difficult to overthrow Saddam, but it is impossible to
predict
who or what will take his place.
Though it is impossible to
predict
how events may unfold, there are precedents in the many conflicts triggered by the breakdowns of the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia.
Renault and Nissan are currently working on complementary technologies that can predict, detect, and prevent collisions.
The study showed which tests were able to
predict
the outcome most accurately decades ahead of onset.
Sampling cerebrospinal fluid via a lumbar puncture (or “spinal tap”) can
predict
which people with mild cognitive impairment will progress to dementia with over 80% accuracy, but this still means a misdiagnosis for one in five patients.
This year, two small studies of blood tests seemed to
predict
Alzheimer’s 1-3 years before it occurred, but the tests are complicated and require the measurement of ten or more substances.
The trickier question is whether we will be able to
predict
Alzheimer’s disease accurately in those with normal cognition and memory, or to
predict
it more than five years in advance.
Of course, Trump’s true popularity may be a little higher than the polls suggest, given that the same surveys failed to
predict
his victory last November.
It is not a stretch to
predict
that climate change will produce more bloodshed in the coming years.
And, just as a psychologist would predict, one of the partners, China, has decided to go its own way.
Given slightly higher hydrocarbon prices, lower government expenditures, and potentially higher tax receipts, many
predict
that the country’s budget deficits will narrow.
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