Dilbert cartoon first published on Friday 1st December 2017

Dilbert//10457, first published nine years ago on Friday 1st December 2017

Forecasts Are Guessing Plus Math

Tags

guessing, finances, forecast, estimate

Official transcript

Boss: Your financial forecast turned out to be wrong. Dilbert: Is that a surprise, given that forecasts are mostly just guessing plus math? Boss: The math is supposed to fix the guessing. Dilbert: I think we've isolated the problem to you.

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

YOUR FINANCIAL FORECAST TURNED OUT TO BE WRONG.

IS THAT A SURPRISE, GIVEN THAT FORECASTS ARE MOSTLY JUST GUESSING PLUS MATH?

THE MATH IS SUPPOSED TO FIX THE GUESSING.

I THINK WEVE ISOLATED THE PROBLEM TO YOU.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

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