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People who forecast simply because "that's my job," knowing pretty well that their forecast is ineffectual, are not what I would call ethical. What they do is no different from repeating lies simply because "it's my job."

Nassim Nicholas Taleb (2010). “The Black Swan: Second Edition: The Impact of the Highly Improbable Fragility"”, p.163, Random House
People who forecast simply because that's my job, knowing pretty well that their forecast is ineffectual, are not what I would call ethical. What they do is no different from repeating lies simply because it's my job.