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Old 01-18-2011, 18:44   #37
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Originally Posted by Broadsword2004 View Post
Well they are just the opinions of average Americans. Just because people may have the opinion that China will have a larger economy in twenty years doesn't mean it will and that because people think this, the burden of proof is to show otherwise. One could flip the argument and say the burden of proof is on folks to show China will surpass the U.S. economically within twenty years.
Proof of predictions about the future?

No matter how sophisticated the analysis, no matter how careful those involved, such predictions have been remarkably inaccurate in the past.

So I suppose I'll make my bets, take my chances, and wait for the events to play out.
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