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What is still to be done involves a forecast of a future still contingent, and cannot escape the liability to error in judgment involved in all anticipation of probabilities.
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John Dewey
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Dewey acknowledges the inherent uncertainty in making predictions about the future, which can lead to errors in judgment.
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