[extropy-chat] Re: Bad Forecasts!

[Brett Paatsch]

Patrick wrote:

> Really what do individual predictions show? Its hard to predict the 
> future. Some people make optimistic predictions and some make 
> pessimistic predictions. Many optimistic predictions don't work out 
> either. A lot of people are still waiting for Christ to return. The 
> question is whether Extropians will be waiting for their own personal 
> saviour for another 2000 years.

Yep. People laughed at Christopher Collumbus but they also laughed
at Bozo the clown. 

Predictions are really beside the point. Projections and plans on the
other may be weighted and critiqued and sometimes falsified.
 
Brett