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41. The Folly of Prediction

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The Big Dogs Are Worse Than Average at Predicting the Economic Future

Fang audited seven consecutive surveys with an eye toward a particular question. Fang: Those who happen to predict accurately the extreme events, they happen to also have lower overall level of accuracy. If I'm right on the big one, I generally will tend to be more often wrong than the average person.

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