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Can math predict what you’ll do next?

  • Written by Daniel J. Denis, Associate Professor of Quantitative Psychology, The University of Montana
imageBig data makes it a bit easier to guess your next move.blackboard1965/shutterstock.com

Good scientists are not only able to uncover patterns in the things they study, but to use this information to predict the future.

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