Waves of the future, dudes?

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February 05, 2013, 07:13:56 AM
    News headlines used to predict future events   



Researchers have developed software which could predict future events such as disease outbreak.

Psychohistory?



The prototype software uses a combination of archive material from the New York Times and data from other websites, including Wikipedia. The experts focused on predicting riots, deaths and disease outbreaks and say their accuracy was between 70%-90%.

Waves of the future - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21322203

meekon5

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February 05, 2013, 07:30:41 AM Last Edit: February 05, 2013, 08:40:03 AM by meekon5
Quote from: DigitalBuddha on February 05, 2013, 07:13:56 AM

Psychohistory?



Funny you should mention that I'm just working through the Foundation books on my Kindel at the moment.

Quote from:  ― Isaac Asimov, Foundation

The Three Theorems of Psychohistorical Quantitivity:

The population under scrutiny is oblivious to the existence of the science of Psychohistory.
The time periods dealt with are in the region of 3 generations.
The population must be in the billions (?75 billions) for a statistical probability to have a psychohistorical validity.

"I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and  that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road."
Stephen Hawking

Where are you Dude? Place your pin @ http://tinyurl.com/dudemap

DigitalBuddha

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February 05, 2013, 09:10:22 AM
Quote from: meekon5 on February 05, 2013, 07:30:41 AM
Quote from: DigitalBuddha on February 05, 2013, 07:13:56 AM

Psychohistory?



Funny you should mention that I'm just working through the Foundation books on my Kindel at the moment.

Quote from:  ― Isaac Asimov, Foundation

The Three Theorems of Psychohistorical Quantitivity:

The population under scrutiny is oblivious to the existence of the science of Psychohistory.
The time periods dealt with are in the region of 3 generations.
The population must be in the billions (?75 billions) for a statistical probability to have a psychohistorical validity.


I wonder if they are working on it as a serious pursuit? Wouldn't surprise me, governments would love it. In the meantime, I found this on the net a while back. Was trying to get it in the eighties (give it 45 minutes or so from this post, Dropbox is still uploading it)...

BBC Radio Drama from the 70's of The Foundation - https://dl.dropbox.com/u/110310571/BBC%20-%20The%20Foundation%20Trilogy.zip





meekon5

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February 05, 2013, 12:28:33 PM


Quote from: DigitalBuddha on February 05, 2013, 09:10:22 AM
I wonder if they are working on it as a serious pursuit? Wouldn't surprise me, governments would love it. In the meantime, I found this on the net a while back. Was trying to get it in the eighties (give it 45 minutes or so from this post, Dropbox is still uploading it)...

BBC Radio Drama from the 70's of The Foundation - https://dl.dropbox.com/u/110310571/BBC%20-%20The%20Foundation%20Trilogy.zip



Thanks for that DB.

I now have the problem of "Do I finish the books first or listen to the mp3?"
"I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and  that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road."
Stephen Hawking

Where are you Dude? Place your pin @ http://tinyurl.com/dudemap

milnie

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February 05, 2013, 04:36:16 PM
All my books are sitting in boxes waiting to join me in holland. I brought my Tolkien box set with me and am just about to finish the ring trilogy. Looks like I'll be hunting for the Asimov box when it arrives in a few weeks :)
quod tendo non ut pallens adeo in terminus!

DigitalBuddha

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February 05, 2013, 09:19:03 PM
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