If you have any profound, potentially life-altering “yes” or “no” questions you need to ask, don’t bother with a Magic 8-Ball; we all know it’s just a toy from Mattel that gives you answers by chance.

Since 1946, the indecisive have been relying on Abe Bookman’s Magic 8-Ball to help guide their most critical life decisions, but there’s one question the toy hasn’t been able to answer: how someone ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Michael L. Millenson writes about healthcare as a skeptical optimist. Long before ChatGPT, whose question-answering choices still ...