I think the first general point to make from epidemiological studies across millions of people is the following - that short sleep predicts a shorter life. It predicts all cause mortality.
Well, first of all, we did lots of studies where we show practical intelligence doesn't correlate with G. We have probably two dozen studies that practical intelligence better predicts job success than IQ.
General relativity predicts that time ends inside black holes because the gravitational collapse squeezes matter to infinite density.
Indeed, nobody is close to developing a general formula that predicts the number flips required for any given number of pancakes.
Offensive realism predicts that the United States will send its army across the Atlantic when there is a potential hegemon in Europe that the local great powers cannot contain by themselves.
Sometimes I write stuff that strangely predicts what's going to happen in my life.
No one predicts the future. No one tries to.
If you're constantly pushing yourself higher, higher, the law of averages - not to mention the myth of Icarus - predicts that you will at some point fall. And when you do, I want you to know this, remember this: There is no such thing as failure.
It doesn't matter how far you might rise. At some point you are bound to stumble because if you’re constantly doing what we do, raising the bar. If you're constantly pushing yourself higher, higher the law of averages not to mention the Myth of Icarus predicts that you will at some point fall. And when you do I want you to know this, remember this: there is no such thing as failure. Failure is just life trying to move us in another direction.
Nothing predicts future behavior as much as past impunity.
Anybody who predicts the death of cities has already met his spouse.
History is full of delightful reversals, where the opposite of what one predicts comes true.
An expert is the one who predicts the job will take the longest and cost the most.
Both the brightness and the spectrum of the X-rays are very different from what theory predicts.
A dog starved at his master's gate Predicts the ruin of the state.
In many cultures, a total eclipse of the Sun predicts cataclysms and bad events.
Perceived self-inefficacy predicts avoidance of academic activities whereas anxiety does not