The impact on governance is all too predictable.

The Perils of Prophecy

Just as we can't predict what one molecule in a gas will do it's hopeless to predict a single molecule yet we can predict the properties of the whole gas, using thermodynamics, very accurately.

What it is is intelligence is defined by prediction.

(d) Unpredictability of forecasting

But predicting how nature works is a very risky game.

After all, the good of democratic structures is their predictability.

Indeed, the best analysts know that forecasting the performance of any country's stock market substantially means forecasting how well the government wants stock market investors to fare in the current political environment.

And that somehow, prediction leads to intelligent behavior.

Self reported family histories, by contrast, proved very accurate in predicting the disease.

After his recovery, Carlos became wild and unpredictable in his behavior.

It's the same thing here. We can't predict any particular project, but the result of this whole worldwide, chaotic, unpredictable activity of competition and the evolutionary process of technology is very predictable.

Under some conditions, individual behavioral aberrations cancel one another out, making crowds more predictable than individuals.

The online discussion followed a predictable flow.

(b) Breadth, stability, predictability and collectability of revenue

Committing to pledge funding in a more predictable manner

Material foreseeable risk factors

Financing for rehabilitation is unpredictable.

H. Establish clear and predictable priority rules

In a rational, predictable world, such an outcome might produce stability.

To make sure that national planning is substantiated by more predictable funding, we would encourage donors to make predictable multi year pledges.

Still, we must always bear in mind the difficulty of forecasting bubbles.

The secretariat actively encourages applications by qualified candidates from non Annex I Parties, and will advertise senior positions in a more targeted manner.

Regulators proved unable to forecast and prevent the crisis.

He performed research demonstrating that his theories could predict behavior.

And then, what I'm saying is, is that the eternal prediction is the output in the neocortex.

A long and unpredictable path is ahead but there is still hope.

Transparency and to build confidence building measures in space activities would help in the predictability of such activities.

They have been pressed into service to set up early warning systems for forecasting periods of drought.

Today my country, Paraguay, is becoming a nation in a predictable situation and one worthy of international trust.

Part 4 reviews and evaluates financial mechanisms established by multilateral environmental agreements the Part also reviews the Global Environment Facility (GEF).

And I should say, I think this is a rather modest prediction.

Forecasting is the way of saying what will happen and then explaining why it didn't.

Traffic that is never ceasing and never predictable

Recurrence intervals of these events are neither regular nor predictable.

It is impossible to predict an exact prognosis during pregnancy or the neonatal period.

The availability of supplementary funds is unpredictable and impermanent.

What is most alarming is that this crisis is predictable and preventable.

They are predictable, widely known and consistently enforced, without discrimination.

Committing to pledge funding in a more predictable manner

Facilitate enforcement of creditor's rights in a predictable and efficient manner

Political change in Pakistan is assured, but it will come about in a way that cannot be foreseen.

Humanitarian response needs to become more predictable in all emergencies.

Unpredictable human psychology also plays a role.

Therefore, this approach will provide stable, predictable and growing levels of funding.