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Nowadays, people think that they can get a quick fix for anything by finding a solution online. Foreknowledge cannot be gotten from ghosts and spirits, cannot be had by analogy, cannot be found out by calculation. It must be obtained from people, people who know the conditions of the enemy. In order to be successful in any endeavor or decision making, one must know the conditions that will be faced in the future.
Source: The Art Of War
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