Re:Google’s Ray Kurzweil predicts how the world will change
by pessimizer on Monday January 13, 2014 @11:44AM
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>Predicting when the next crash might be is much much harder.
Predicting when is just a stunt. Predicting why is more important. Predicting why can end up giving you when if the event is contingent on a few things falling into place that are being observed falling into place.
Re:Google’s Ray Kurzweil predicts how the world will change
by joosters on Monday January 13, 2014 @04:28PM
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Rubbish, imo. We can't agree on the why of past crashes, let alone make good predictions about future ones. How can such a prediction ever be proved right or wrong?
Predicting when is just a stunt. Predicting why is more important. Predicting why can end up giving you when if the event is contingent on a few things falling into place that are being observed falling into place.