Is the reliable prediction of individual earthquakes a realistic scientific goal?

对个别的地震做可靠的预测是否是一个现实的科学目标？

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Is the Reliable Prediction of Individual Earthquakes a Realistic Scientific Goal?

单个地震的可靠预测是一个现实的科学目标吗？

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Imagined futures that are really thinly disguised commentaries on current affairs are not chiefly concerned with reliable prediction.

想像中的未来即使是很小程度的受当前事件的评论左右，那么它都与可靠的预言无缘。

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Imagined futures that are really thinly disguised commentaries on current affairs are not chiefly concerned with reliable prediction.

ECONOMIST: Three tests to evaluate visions of the future

If we accept Mr. Taleb's premise about power-law ascendancy, we are left with a troubling question: How do you function in a world where accurate prediction is rarely possible, where history isn't a reliable guide to the future and where the most important events cannot be anticipated?

WSJ: Shattering the Bell Curve