Dr Wingnut

Category: Quotations

  • Forecasting

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    There are only three basic forecasting methods: magic, hope, and mathematics.  All three generate similar forecasts, which are basically wrong.  Some are more wrong than others, but only mathematically based forecasts are suited to computerization.  That doesn’t make them any better than forecasts produced in other ways, only more defensible.McGrath, J. 1991.  Forecasting add-ins: garbage…

  • Inventions

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    Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things.Henry David Thoreau

  • Tomfoolery

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    If you put tomfoolery into a computer, nothing comes out of it but tomfoolery.  But this tomfoolery, having passed through a very expensive machine, is somehow ennobled and no one dares criticize it.Pierre Gallois

  • Mistakes

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    The wisest of the wise may err.Aeschylus

  • Growth

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    Read, every day, something no one else is reading.  Think, every day, something no one else is thinking.  Do, every day, something no one else would be silly enough to do.  It is bad for the mind to continually be part of unanimity.Christopher Morley

  • Honesty

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    Level with your child by being honest.  Nobody spots a phony quicker than a child.Mary MacCracken

  • Happiness

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    If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.J.R.R. Tolkien