Delphi

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Delphi is a town in Greece near Mount Parnassus. It is also an archaeological site of the Delphic Oracle, an information-providing intermediary to the deity Apollo. The term today is common in analytic and software methods that use predictive techniques.

Classic Greece

In classic Greece, it was the site of the famous oracle of the god Apollo, where a priestess would take questions from people who wanted advice on a wide variety of topics and issues, and would impart the wisdom of Apollo, often with cryptic and ambiguous messages which were easily misinterpreted.

Technology

The Delphi Method is a means of eliciting expert opinion, often in the context of futurism, with a technique that can minimize the effect of dominant personalities in face-to-face meetings.