Yes, if it is based on facts.
If someone is just giving an "off the cuff" answer, then I would discredit it.
I believe it's 3797AD
No, I believe that would be a hypothesis. A prediction would be forecasting the unknown without the assistance of the results.
A prediction is a hypothesis which basically means your making an educated guess, they are usually written like "i believe ____ will have __ affect on ____"
I believe the BJP will get in.
Not necessarily. A prediction of what you believe to be true is usually called a hypothesis. A theory is an explanation of a set of related observations or events based on proven hypotheses and verified multiple times through experimentation.
an observation which led you to believe that but other than that it's just a prediction
prediction. :)
I believe that the hypothesis is a proposed explanation of a phenomenon, while prediction is a statement about what will happen in the future. However, if someone combines an explanation of what's going on, he'll probably also talk about what will be its end result.
When she failed to return his love, Apollo spitefully declared that when she made a prediction, no one would believe her
When she failed to return his love, Apollo spitefully declared that when she made a prediction, no one would believe her
Dan Henderson vs. Rashad Evans Prediction
If you mean "prediction gov", it is the official government weather prediction website.