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Time Series for Everyone
“It’s difficult to make predictions, especially about the future.”
Chances are you have heard this line before (attributed to Niels Bohr or Yogi Berra, depending on whom you trust). Attempting to predict the future has been a human activity for a very long time. Numerous cultures around the world, across time, have attempted to foretell the future based on the distribution of sacrificial animal entrails. In the Bible, the Book of Daniel discusses magicians, enchanters, astrologers, and diviners employed at the court. The Oracle of Delphi provided her predictions while intoxicated by vapors.
The fortunes of forecasters varied throughout history (Emperor Constantine banned soothsayers, mathematicians, and forecasters), ...
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