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Behold the wisdom of the disclaimer "past performance is no guarantee of future results."
by fallous 9y ago
Behold the wisdom of the disclaimer "past performance is no guarantee of future results."
- chiefalchemist 9y agoAt the tree level, yes. At the forest level most people are predictable, often to a fault.
- fallous 9y agoOf course, and yet there is a reason that demographics is useful only when dealing with aggregates... it tells you nothing about a specific individual. Trying to use inferred data from the behaviors of millions of people is quite useful in discovering certain aggregate info, but using it in place of a specific individual's chosen intent is an excellent way to lose a user.