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jdthediscipletoday at 6:26 AM2 repliesview on HN

Let me be blunt: Shannon would tell us that time forecasting is bullshit:

There is infinitely more entropy in the real world out there than any model can even remotely capture.

The world is not minecraft.


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mikkomtoday at 6:38 AM

Yeah all weather forecasts are just magic

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FartyMcFartertoday at 9:20 AM

> Shannon would tell us that time forecasting is bullshit

If you're trying to forecast random data, then yes, it's bullshit. Otherwise you have a chance.

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