The next boom.....

chucknorris

Graham_Devon wrote: »

It is pure fiction.

It's a graph pulled from elsewhere and doctored in an imagine programme. He actually sat there, spending his time doctoring images in order to post it on here!

So Hamish didn't spend 40 days and nights up on Mount Sinai to receive that graph from God? Thanks for the heads up Graham.

System

I need a little lie down after the revelation that predictions are fiction.

HAMISH_MCTAVISH

Joeskeppi wrote: »

I need a little lie down after the revelation that predictions are fiction.

Well to be fair, I did try hopping in a time machine, going into the future, and saving the graph from HPC's front page to bring back.

It turned out HPC had been shut down years before however, after house prices shot up and it was exposed as an undercover lobbying tool for the National Landlords Association. All those "don't buy now" messages made MUCH more sense after learning that.

Not to mention, all children at birth started savings accounts for their first house deposit, with a generous starter grant from the government as a reward for being born and helping change the demographic profile of the nation.

Which all had something to do with improving standards of economic literacy in the general public and better financial education in the schools after Martin Lewis was appointed the new Minister for Education.

Ooops, I've said too much, must stop now.:o

Graham_Devon

chucknorris wrote: »

So Hamish didn't spend 40 days and nights up on Mount Sinai to receive that graph from God? Thanks for the heads up Graham.

Quite.

And just imagine the raucous laughter should anyone who isn't pro HPI did the same thing.

Not that stating this will make any difference. Will just provide a platform for yet more dribble mouthed nonsense & hypocrisy

wotsthat

Graham_Devon wrote: »

Quite.

And just imagine the raucous laughter should anyone who isn't pro HPI did the same thing.

Not that stating this will make any difference. Will just provide a platform for yet more dribble mouthed nonsense.

If someone had posted a graph showing declining prices over the next 22 years I think there would have been some debate.

chucknorris

Graham_Devon wrote: »

Quite.

And just imagine the raucous laughter should anyone who isn't pro HPI did the same thing.

Not that stating this will make any difference. Will just provide a platform for yet more dribble mouthed nonsense.

I think you have missed the point, how can a prediction be 'the truth' or 'a lie' Hamish's graph is merely a possible extrapolation, nothing more nothing less. I would have thought that it was virtually impossible to read it any other way. History can subsequently prove his prediction to be correct or incorrect but his prediction can't be fictitious, unless someone hacked his MSE account and tried to pass their own prediction off as Hamish's.

Graham_Devon

chucknorris wrote: »

I think you have missed the point, how can a prediction be 'the truth' or 'a lie' Hamish's graph is merely a possible extrapolation, nothing more nothing less. I would have thought that it was virtually impossible to read it any other way. History can subsequently prove his prediction to be correct or incorrect but his prediction can't be fictitious, unless someone hacked his MSE account and tried to pass their own prediction off as Hamish's.

His "prediction" has taken a graph, doctored it to add his own words, and then posted it as "something".

As I said, if I did that, you would all have a field day. Infact it has already happened several times, due to "that graph" which you all say isn't a graph, isn't a prediction, isn't anything. Yet Hamish doctors it and it's valid.

You have a field day over a spelling mistake, let alone a graph as absurd as that.

But as it's Hamish, it's all OK.

Confirmation bias I believe they call it. Something I am accused of if I should take a graph from even an economist, let alone my own in house doctored nonsense.

Little point to this forum really anymore is there? Even you have decided simply to retort to insults at every available opportunity.

System

Well, now it seems we're not allowed to make predictions any more.

What does everyone think of help to buy?

chucknorris

Graham_Devon wrote: »

His "prediction" has taken a graph, doctored it to add his own words, and then posted it as "something".

As I said, if I did that, you would all have a field day.

You have a field day over a spelling mistake, let alone a graph as absurd as that.

But as it's Hamish, it's all OK.

Confirmation bias I believe they call it. Something I am accused of if I should take a graph from even an economist, let alone my own in house doctored nonsense.

Little point to this forum really anymore is there? Even you have decided simply to retort to insults at every available opportunity.

There was no insult above in my post, if you are referring to other posts, they tend to be in retaliation rather than a pre-emptive strike, although that can be some time later rather than just instantaneous. Same with spelling mistakes I tend to let them go, we are all capable of typos and the odd genuine spelling error, it doesn't mean anything.

Graham_Devon

chucknorris wrote: »

There was no insult above in my post, if you are referring to other posts, they tend to be in retaliation rather than a pre-emptive strike. Same with spelling mistakes I tend to let them go, we are all capable of typos and the odd genuine spelling error, it doesn't mean anything.

How generous.