Nobody can predict the future, not even those who get it right.

Understand the thought

Meaning in plain English

Getting a forecast right is separated from knowing the future. The saying questions treating a correct prediction as proof of reliable foresight.

What the words are saying

Nobody is an absolute skepticism rather than a complete account of every predictive method. A useful interpretation examines evidence, uncertainty and repeated performance instead of dismissing all forecasts or accepting one success as sufficient. An outcome can match a guess without establishing how dependable the method is.

Everyday example

A reader checks how a forecast was made and evaluated rather than judging only one correct result.

When to use it

Use it to distinguish a matched outcome from a well-supported predictive method.

Agent-assisted editorial interpretation. This explains the words; it does not by itself verify their author or earliest origin.