There's a very relevant episode of Freakonomics Radio that discusses obsession with predictions and their actual value: http://www.wnyc.org/articles/freakonomic

There's a very relevant episode of Freakonomics Radio that discusses obsession with predictions and their actual value: http://www.wnyc.org/articles/freakonomics-podcast/2013/aug/22/folly-prediction-rebroadcast/ http://www.wnyc.org/articles/freakonomics-podcast/2013/aug/2...