The Opiate of Numbers

We masters of future events
have moved on from primitive
crystal ball tech..

Instead we harvest targeted data
to confidently project tomorrow
based on our very best
quantitative sample analysis..

Modern prophets of a philosophical bent
rely heavily on these black and white stats
to such a skewed over reliant extent
they oft overlook statistical anomalies
tucked away in the mystical margin of error..

Ignore not the ancient sage of prophesy
warning us to beware the beast of improbability
slight as the long shot odds
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 human history