Eugene David ...The One-Minute Pundit |
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Sunday, November 05, 2006
An election is coming up, and pundits, commentators and assorted pooh-bahs are full of predictions.
"Expert Political Judgment," a recent book by University of California psychologist Philip Tetlock, suggests that we shouldn't be too impressed by these predictions. With some exceptions, they're not much better than those generated by a good pair of dice. So why do you infernal HACKS keep PUMMELING us with your BLANKETY-BLANK PREDICTIONS?
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