Cucumber: Number five will win.
Artichoke: How do you know?
Cucumber: I know it, I promise. He won when I was here last week.
Artichoke: Today’s race was run last week?
Cucumber: Of course not, each race is unique.
Artichoke: What if he does not win today? He may get injured in the
middle of the race or just have a bad day.
Cucumber: Then, I was wrong.
Artichoke: So it’s not a promise that number five wins?
Cucumber: No, it’s a guess. But based on what I know right now it’s
my best guess.
Artichoke: But not a promise?
Cucumber: No, just a guess based on empirical knowledge.
A Cucumber and an Artichoke Meet at the Races
(This an excerpt from the book Pomodoro Technique Illustrated)
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