Is it possible to predict the future?

Tai Asks Why

CBC

Kids & Family

4.2 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 17 March 2021

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

These are anxious times, and Tai just wants to know… what’s going to happen? He can’t look into a crystal ball, but there are actually people who spend their lives predicting the future. With their help, he looks towards the great unknown. In this episode Tai speaks to: - Rose Eveleth, the creator of Flash Forward Presents, a podcast network that demystifies the future, with shows like Flash Forward and Advice For And From The Future - Tim Chartier, Professor of Mathematics at Davidson College. He often uses data analytics to predict outcomes in sports - Satyan Devadoss, Fletcher Jones Chair of Applied Mathematics at the University of San Diego and author of Mage Merlin's Unsolved Mathematical Mysteries. This is the last episode of Season 3, thanks so much for tuning in! For transcripts of this series, please visit: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/podcastnews/tai-asks-why-transcripts-listen-1.6747759

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0:00.0	So, I don't know about you guys, but 2020, it took me my surprise.
0:13.0	I mean, here it was, just living my life, going to school, hanging with my friends, and
0:19.3	then boom, pandemic, lockdown, uh.
0:23.4	And I mean, I'm not a huge planner, but I had a general idea of what my future was going
0:28.8	to look like, and it wasn't a COVID lockdown, you know.
0:34.3	And now, well, everything's just all up in the air.
0:38.3	Who knows what 2021's going to look like.
0:40.8	Will there be aliens or zombies or...
0:45.0	Oh, aliens, zombies?
0:48.0	I mean, it sounds crazy, but at this point, it really feels like anything could happen.
0:54.8	And it kind of keeps me up at night.
0:58.1	I wish there was a way I could just look into the future with my crystal ball, so I could
1:03.8	check to see if it's going to be all right.
1:06.6	And if it's not going to be all right, at least I can prepare for whatever strange problems
1:11.7	are coming next.
1:14.6	I know there are some people who can predict the future, and I don't mean people who read
1:19.4	tea leaves and tarot cards.
1:21.8	We're talking about virus researchers, weather forecasters, earthquake scientists, that
1:26.9	is literally their job, telling us what's going to come.
1:31.4	But they also get it wrong sometimes.
1:35.1	So is there any one that can actually guess perfectly?
1:39.2	Is it possible to predict the future?
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