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Re: Futuring the Present

#75990 07/25/02 09:31 AM

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>Is there a word for the tendency, when making predictions, to project the present into the future?

Myopia?

You'd think so, wouldn't you, doc?

The ridiculous thing is that "linear" projection can work sometimes, and surprisingly well. Or perhaps I should say "has been known to work", as past performance is no guarantee of future returns (to quote my mortgage lender)

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Futuring the Present FishonaBike 07/12/02 03:00 PM

Re: Futuring the Present tsuwm 07/12/02 03:34 PM

Re: Futuring the Present of troy 07/12/02 04:09 PM

Re: Futuring the Present TheFallibleFiend 07/12/02 04:29 PM

Re: Futuring the Present FishonaBike 07/12/02 04:42 PM

Re: Futuring the Present of troy 07/12/02 05:59 PM

Re: Futuring the Present jimthedog 07/12/02 07:12 PM

Moonroof over my Amy TEd Remington 07/12/02 07:56 PM

Celestial roofs FishonaBike 07/12/02 08:37 PM

Re: Moonroof over my Amy Capital Kiwi 07/13/02 07:15 AM

Re: Futuring the Present of troy 07/12/02 07:59 PM

Re: Futuring the Present FishonaBike 07/12/02 08:56 PM

Re: Futuring the Present dodyskin 07/12/02 09:36 PM

Re: Futuring the Present FishonaBike 07/12/02 09:53 PM

Re: Futuring the Present jimthedog 07/12/02 10:24 PM

Asimov FishonaBike 07/14/02 09:42 PM

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Re: Futuring the Present of troy 07/12/02 10:57 PM

Re: Futuring the Present Rapunzel 07/12/02 11:38 PM

Re: Futuring the Present of troy 07/12/02 11:56 PM

Re: Futuring the Present Capital Kiwi 07/13/02 07:29 AM

Re: Futuring the Present FishonaBike 07/14/02 10:15 PM

Re: Futuring the Present Buffalo Shrdlu 07/14/02 10:33 PM

positive/negative futurism? FishonaBike 07/14/02 10:51 PM

Re: positive/negative futurism? Buffalo Shrdlu 07/14/02 11:03 PM

Re: positive/negative futurism? milum 07/15/02 02:33 AM

Re: positive/negative futurism? FishonaBike 07/15/02 10:16 AM

Re: Futuring the Present wow 07/15/02 04:05 PM

Re: James Tiberius Kirk Fiberbabe 07/15/02 04:12 PM

Re: Futuring the Present Manx 07/15/02 04:47 PM

Re: Futuring the Present tsuwm 07/15/02 05:05 PM

Science Faction FishonaBike 07/15/02 08:12 PM

Re: Futuring the Present of troy 07/15/02 05:14 PM

Cell/mobile Phones FishonaBike 07/15/02 07:50 PM

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Blackouts FishonaBike 07/15/02 08:28 PM

Re: Futuring the Present inselpeter 07/20/02 07:14 PM

Re: Futuring the Present Jackie 07/20/02 10:09 PM

Re: Futuring the Present TheFallibleFiend 07/12/02 04:15 PM

Re: Futuring the Present FishonaBike 07/12/02 04:26 PM

Re: Futuring the Present inselpeter 07/15/02 10:45 AM

Re: Futuring the Present FishonaBike 07/15/02 11:20 AM

Re: Futuring the Present Capfka 07/15/02 11:32 AM

Re: Futuring the Present FishonaBike 07/15/02 12:04 PM

Re: Futuring the Present Rubrick 07/15/02 12:43 PM

the real Bill Gates (tm) FishonaBike 07/15/02 01:05 PM

the future is just like the past... of troy 07/15/02 05:50 PM

Re: the future is just like the past... inselpeter 07/15/02 06:08 PM

Re: the future is just like the past... milum 07/15/02 06:36 PM

Re: the future is just like the past... of troy 07/15/02 07:35 PM

Re: the future is just like the past... FishonaBike 07/15/02 08:18 PM

Re: the future is just like the past... TheFallibleFiend 07/16/02 10:58 AM

Re: the future is just like the past... FishonaBike 07/16/02 02:26 PM

Re: the future is just like the past... WhitmanO'Neill 07/18/02 03:33 PM

Re: the future is just the last.. Wordwind 07/18/02 03:38 PM

Re: the future is just the last.. Wordwind 07/18/02 03:44 PM

Wastelands FishonaBike 07/18/02 08:45 PM

Safe as Houses FishonaBike 07/16/02 04:07 PM

Re: Futuring the Present TEd Remington 07/13/02 01:25 PM

Re: Futuring the Present FishonaBike 07/14/02 10:00 PM

Re: Futuring the Present Buffalo Shrdlu 07/14/02 10:10 PM

Try this on for size Fiberbabe 07/15/02 02:22 AM

Re: Try this on for size FishonaBike 07/15/02 10:38 AM

Re: Futuring the Present Rubrick 07/15/02 08:44 AM

past-ing the present FishonaBike 07/15/02 10:28 AM

Re: Futuring the Present inselpeter 07/16/02 11:57 AM

Re: Futuring the Present of troy 07/16/02 12:20 PM

Re: Futuring the Present inselpeter 07/16/02 02:50 PM

Fulfilling prophecies FishonaBike 07/16/02 02:58 PM

Re: Fulfilling prophecies dxb 07/16/02 04:14 PM

Re: Fulfilling prophecies of troy 07/16/02 04:42 PM

Re: Fulfilling prophecies FishonaBike 07/17/02 09:55 AM

Re: Fulfilling prophecies WhitmanO'Neill 07/18/02 03:26 PM

Re: Fulfilling prophecies FishonaBike 07/18/02 09:21 PM

Re: Fulfilling prophecies Jazzoctopus 07/19/02 03:31 AM

Re: Fulfilling prophecies FishonaBike 07/19/02 08:39 AM

Re: Fulfilling prophecies Capital Kiwi 07/20/02 05:48 AM

Re: Fulfilling prophecies Jackie 07/20/02 06:42 PM

SF Prophecies? FishonaBike 07/21/02 12:35 AM

Re: SF Prophecies? WhitmanO'Neill 07/21/02 03:30 AM

Re: SF Prophecies? of troy 07/21/02 01:43 PM

watching the watchers FishonaBike 07/22/02 09:07 AM

Re: SF Prophecies? TheFallibleFiend 07/23/02 07:19 PM

Re: Fulfilling prophecies inselpeter 07/16/02 05:58 PM

Re: Fulfilling prophecies FishonaBike 07/17/02 09:38 AM

Re: Futuring the Present milum 07/18/02 03:25 AM

one hand clapping FishonaBike 07/18/02 09:50 AM

Re: one hand clapping dodyskin 07/18/02 11:34 AM

the other hand clapping FishonaBike 07/18/02 01:00 PM

Re: one hand clapping of troy 07/18/02 02:18 PM

Re: Futuring the Present doc_comfort 07/23/02 04:26 AM

The paradox of time belligerentyouth 07/23/02 11:57 AM

Re: Futuring the Present FishonaBike 07/25/02 09:31 AM

Re: Futuring the Present Sparteye 07/23/02 06:28 PM

Re: Futuring the Present milum 07/23/02 09:41 PM

Re: Futuring the Present sjm 07/23/02 10:39 PM

Re: Futuring the Present milum 07/23/02 10:50 PM

Extrapolation FishonaBike 07/25/02 10:21 AM

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Re: Extrapolation Rubrick 07/25/02 01:13 PM

Re: Extrapolation TheFallibleFiend 07/25/02 02:07 PM

Re: Extrapolation Bean 07/25/02 03:51 PM

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