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Jiang predicts that the U.S.-Iran ceasefire will not hold because the two states cannot reach a mutually beneficial settlement.
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Prediction
Predictions help validate a model, but correct predictions do not prove causation, and Jiang says fame has reduced his objectivity because his statements can affect events.
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He predicts that because the consumer-capitalist system is unstable and there are too many people, at least half of humanity will die in World War III.
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He predicts a huge surge in eschatology and religious extremism over the next few years because it is the only counter to 21st-century warfare.
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Jiang predicts the Iran war will not end in months and may last years, possibly 10 or 20 years, once understood as imperial strategy rather than daily Trump messaging.
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Jiang predicts that America may seem to win short term but will lose its empire and retreat to the Western Hemisphere because of corruption, division, and nationalism.
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He says America will lose the Iran war but does not need to defeat Iran if Iran remains in chaos and helps keep choke points under American control.
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Predictions help validate a model, but correct predictions do not prove causation, and Jiang says fame has reduced his objectivity because his statements can affect events.
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Jiang says he is now a player rather than only an observer, which constrains his prediction accuracy and objectivity.
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"there is a ceasefire now between iran and united states but most analysts expect that this war will resume in a week two weeks..."
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"It made a lot of people more wealthy. Think of the tremendous wealth that China has generated in the past 30, 40 years because..."
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"were forced back okay but if left alone the iranians would have defeated the iraqis so think about that how it galvanized the population..."
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"um we should have a ceasefire soon okay and then maybe an hour later he's like oh i think i need to drop bombs..."
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"...nations, but it will finally backfire. So the result of that prediction will still be America will lose, right?"
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"Yeah. So again, the major prediction is that America may in the short term seem as though it is winning, but in the long..."
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"Okay? Does that make sense? Okay? America doesn't really care anymore if it loses its war in Iran. That's not the point. The point..."
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"...for your generosity. Okay. She asked this question. You make three predictions about the outcome of the U.S.-Iran war. But I don't have any..."
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"...something that I think a lot about. So, I make these predictions in order to validate my prediction model. But just because these predictions..."
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"...this is a major constraint on my capacity to make accurate predictions. I'm no longer an observer. I'm a player. Okay. And I also..."
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"if you are trying to build an air base in the middle of Iran so you can extract uranium from Iranians, that's not a..."
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"for proper organization and they are trying to maintain logistics. Okay? The Americans are just trying to win the war in the most Hollywood..."
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