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Mathematics can be used to predict things if you spot a pattern in one form or another. Sometimes patterns are best described as algorithms.

For 29 years, Bueno de Mesquita has been developing and honing a computer model that predicts the outcome of any situation in which parties can be described as trying to persuade or coerce one another.  - Read more

He charges 50,000USD per prediction and has done thousands. If you know what 50,000 x 1,000 is you may like to take up game theory and programming.

Can a fringe branch of mathematics forecast the future? A special adviser to the CIA, Fortune 500 companies, and the U.S. Department of Defense certainly thinks so. – Read more

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