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To: Gottfried who wrote (37491)	9/27/2000 9:36:37 AM
From: Ian@SI	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 70976

G., Almost precisely, except data miners tend not to be quite as scientific. They look at the past; form some hypothesis; then attempt to discover a simple predictor. Often the fundamental hypothesis is harebrained; or, might that just be the "hypothesizer"? <g> So more and more complexity gets added to their calculations to fit all occurrences in the time studied. And usually, the work is completely useless as a predictor of anything. On the other hand, the author might have discovered the secret of predicting markets. And if a pig had a feather up its butt, perhaps it would fly. BWDIK, Ian.