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2004 : WHAT'S YOUR LAW? [1]

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Joseph "Yossi" Vardi [5]
chairman of International Technologies
Vardi's Law

Experts predictions are always correct.

 

1. A certain portion of all predictions made by experts will be correct. 
2. Human memory is short. 
3. Make lot of forecasts, most of the people will remember the correct ones. 
4. A good hedge: make contradictory predictions with intervals between them.

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