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by stryder on March 20th, 2006
No. You mightt be able to come up with some high probability with certain actions, but it isn't likely that you would ever be able to make any prediction with that level of certainty.
The issue is 100% certainty. Since humans (at least theoretically) have the ability to make decisions based on teh input they receive, it would not be possible to predict all human behavior with 100% certainty.
You might be able to predict certain behaviors with near 100% certainty (such as predicting whether an individual would stick their hands into a container of boiling oil), but there is always the chance (or probability) that one of the individuals in your sample would not do the normal, rational thing.
by iceman420 on August 13th, 2006
Nearly impossible. Too many variables to consider, known and unknown. You never know if someone is on drugs or has a head injury, just for example.
by jTads on February 21st, 2010
In some ways I think this is like quantum mechanics. You can never tell what an individual is going to do... but I think it may be possible to predict what very large groups of humans do, because they will fall within a statistical probability. I believe Issac Azimov called this psycho-history or something. If you ever end up dealing with 10^20 or so people it may become fairly easy to guess what humans will do.
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Another good but unfair answer---even so called scientific laws are not 100.00% guarenteed...
by remoteman111 on March 20th, 2006
Great answer! Studies have been proven that show that you can't predict human beh. w/100% certainity.
by Answers101 on April 1st, 2006