tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31218286.post2551255742505452424..comments2024-01-24T21:09:53.539-05:00Comments on ChaosBook: Correct attribution is hard, especially for the pastPredraghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02161549024934193901noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31218286.post-2272381048867994872015-10-30T15:01:37.587-05:002015-10-30T15:01:37.587-05:00Thank you for this. It is one of my favourite sayi...Thank you for this. It is one of my favourite sayings and I am glad I finally have a definitive source. Ben Thuriaux-Alemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18032578150072589309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31218286.post-54590388001018004112013-07-04T04:51:42.394-05:002013-07-04T04:51:42.394-05:00Well, you don´t really spoil it. I would put it th...Well, you don´t really spoil it. I would put it that: "at spå" is to predict correctly, whereas "at forudsige" is to predict.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06257094569994318137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31218286.post-49603400244707405272012-06-05T08:43:54.661-05:002012-06-05T08:43:54.661-05:00But it is not hard at all to make predictions. Esp...But it is not hard at all to make predictions. Especially not about the future. The future is in fact the only thing you can make predictions about.<br />The only difficulty lies in predicting correctly.<br /><br />Sorry for spoiling this old joke ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31218286.post-67332642521205508152011-08-30T17:18:52.879-05:002011-08-30T17:18:52.879-05:00The quote can't be attributed to Markus Ronner...The quote can't be attributed to Markus Ronner -- he was only born in 1938.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31218286.post-82737439394768622782011-05-06T04:03:28.958-05:002011-05-06T04:03:28.958-05:00Entertaining and insightful post; I came upon it v...Entertaining and insightful post; I came upon it via a link from the WikiQuote page for Niels Bohr.<br /><br />I just wanted to let you know that the Michael Berry link towards the bottom is damaged; it currently points to<br />http://www.blogger.com/www.phy.bris.ac.uk/people/berry_mv/the_papers/Speeches.pdf<br />(...but works fine, if you remove the blogger hostname at the beginning).FeRDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05223940189311075641noreply@blogger.com