# Nature of the predictions genre

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The piece distinguishes predictions about individual future events from probabilistic descriptions of past trends and treats prediction claims as integrative narratives.

Blog post · Hermeneutic Heretic · 9 January 2006

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## About this item

- Type: Blog post
- Published: 9 January 2006
- Published in: Hermeneutic Heretic
- Language: English

Topics: prediction, probability, research-methods, narrative.

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