Point of view: Shy Tories and other stories

This article argues that public opinion polls are not predictive tools, but are too often treated as though they are.

Point of view: Shy Tories and other stories

Faris YakobGenius Steals

Prediction is difficult, as physicist Niels Bohr once said, especially about the future.

In fact, we don't know if he said it. He may have, but it has no textual reference. It just seems to have been associated with his name. It's not even hearsay. It's what I like to call a 'fauxtation' - a line that's falsely attributed to someone famously smart or creative.

All of which goes to show it's very difficult to know if someone actually said something, or what they meant, or if they...

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