Quote Originally Posted by wossname
Why not use Tarot cards to predict the future? Or goat entrails, or sandpaper.
Math methods are rational and work just fine in case the near future proceeds with the same pattern as the recent past. In case you predict some change (sudden or continuous) math can still be of use by applying proper algorithms (with damping effects when a sudden change is foreseen or a trend is foreseen). If data doesn’t exist at all, then you can still use stat methods to predict the future in corporations such as the Delphi method.

Tarot cards, goat entrails or sandpaper…NEVER!

Be happy.