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why expert predictions fail and why we believe them anyway

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An edition of Future babble (2010)

Future babble

why expert predictions fail and why we believe them anyway

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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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Virgin Books
Language
English
Pages
305

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Subjects

Fallacies (Logic), Perception, Thought and thinking, Uncertainty, Social prediction, Forecasting, Prévision, Incertitude, Sophismes, Pensée
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Cover of: Future Babble
Future Babble: How to Stop Worrying and Love the Unpredictable
2012, Ebury Publishing
in English
Cover of: Future Babble
Future Babble: How to Stop Worrying and Love the Unpredictable
2012, Ebury Publishing
in English
Cover of: Future babble
Future babble: why expert predictions fail and why we believe them anyway
2011, Virgin Books
in English
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Future Babble: Why Expert Predictions Fail - and Why We Believe Them Anyway
2011, McClelland & Stewart
in English
Cover of: Future Babble
Future Babble: Why Expert Predictions Fail and Why We Believe Them Anyway
2011, Ebury Publishing
in English
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Future Babble: Why Expert Predictions Are Wrong -- and Why We Believe Them Anyway
2011, Scribe Publications
in English
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Future babble: why expert predictions are next to worthless, and you can do better
2010, Dutton
in English
Cover of: Future babble
Future babble: why expert predictions fail-- and why we believe them anyway
2010, McClelland & Stewart
in English
Cover of: Future babble
Future babble: why expert predictions are next to worthless, and you can do better
2010, Dutton
in English
Cover of: Future Babble
Future Babble: Why Expert Predictions Fail - And Why We Believe Them Anyway
2010, McClelland & Stewart
in English

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Book Details

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.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-292) and index.

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London

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
303.4909
Library of Congress
BF463.U5 G475 2011

The Physical Object

Pagination
xi, 305 pages
Number of pages
305

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL35447788M
ISBN 10
0753522365
ISBN 13
9780753522363
OCLC/WorldCat
694600738

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL16162522W

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