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In his free time, he is known to fearlessly extrapolate the present into the future.
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In particular, behavioural economists have argued that human beings tend to be too confident of their own abilities and tend to extrapolate recent trends into the future, a combination that may contribute to bubbles.
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We sit in our offices and extrapolate the morning news into the future and call our thinking original and wise.
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Analysts extrapolate recent rapid profits growth into the future, even though profits cannot rise faster than GDP indefinitely.
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Now, think about the time you spent reading that very condensed version of events stemming from a misdemeanor marijuana arrest, and extrapolate it, across the span of months, into real life.
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Seizing upon a request by the Electronic Privacy Information Center to investigate, FCC last week injected itself into the Google Street View matter and, if we may extrapolate, the larger issue of internet privacy.
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While it may be too much to extrapolate the evolution of a national mood from two localised snapshots, both books are fascinating windows into the feelings and consciousness of front-line Israeli soldiers in their respective epochs albeit in quite distinct styles.
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