“Romantic behavior was basically monotonous and predictable, and that therefore one could write a fairly straightforward formula that would predict the collision course of any two people.”
“He remained convinced that romantic behaviour was basically monotonous and predictable and that therefore one could write a fairly straightforward formula that would predict the collision course of any two people.”
“The inability to predict outliers implies the inability to predict the course of history”
“The future is the result of actions, and actions are the result of behavior, and behavior is the result of prediction.”
“You could never predict what would happen. There was an element of destiny in everything that one could never account for.”
“To predict the behavior of ordinary people in advance, you only have to assume that they will always try to escape a disagreeable situation with the smallest possible expenditure of intelligence.”