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- I cannot predict whether ABC stock goes up or down tomorrow
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, but I can predict Dow-Jones fairly
well.
- I cannot predict whether a coin will drop head or tails,
but I can predict an average number of heads for 1000 drops
Science is the art of asking the right questions
- Wrong questions:
- Where this particular molecule will go? What
its velocity will be there?
- Right questions:
- What is the average velocity of this bunch of
molecules? How far are individual velocities scattered? How many
distinct states (phases ) could be in my system?
© 1997
Boris Veytsman
and Michael Kotelyanskii
Wed Sep 3 22:38:51 EDT 1997