Marcus said he thinks it is inevitable that society will adopt universal basic income, and that the open question is whether this happens gradually or through social unrest.
Unresolvable The public record could not settle it.
Prediction: Statements about events outside the person's control, checked once they fell due: did they come true?
Reasoning
'Inevitably' has no horizon, so it cannot be settled.
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Gary Marcus, “Marcus said he thinks it is inevitable that society will adopt universal basic income, and that the open question is whether this happens gradually or through social unrest.” (said 20 September 2019). Verdict: unresolvable. Reliability API, claim c_b82bd32e7352, method 0.1.0+c876030c, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_b82bd32e7352
This claim is in dataset release v1.1.2, with the same verdict.
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