The Opiate of Numbers

 

We the esoteric oracles of future events
have moved way past
primitive crystal ball tech

Instead we now harvest targeted data
to project tomorrow with supreme confidence
based on our very best
quantitative sample analysis

Modern prophets of an arrogant bent
rely heavily on these black and white stats
to such a skewed over reliant extent
they oft overlook unseen anomalies
tucked away in the shaded margin of error

Ignore not the ancient sage of prophesy
warning us to beware the Beast of Improbability
slight as the long shot odds statistically
that the catastrophe may seem to be

We need to always respect the possibility
that our best laid statistical projections
are no match for the power of Destiny

That most overlooked shock variable
throughout illogical human history