tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3311177018009402020.post7884452812471174365..comments2024-02-22T15:52:51.943+00:00Comments on The Wrong Side of 50: How We Know that Precognition Doesn't ExistCharles Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15559969191882949003noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3311177018009402020.post-70712606583586495242012-04-13T19:23:51.292+01:002012-04-13T19:23:51.292+01:00That would assume that there was no continuum betw...That would assume that there was no continuum between having no precognitive ability and being able to see the future in great detail. My argument is that, if precognition is a natural ability, it would occur in the population in varying degrees. There would then be people who occasionally get flashes of the future (indeed, I've met people who think this is true of themselves), and such individuals would have an unconscious advantage in lotteries, biasing the distribution of winnings. No such bias has been observed, to the best of my knowledge.Charles Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15559969191882949003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3311177018009402020.post-16764166740245051182012-04-13T08:20:47.130+01:002012-04-13T08:20:47.130+01:00I feel your argument is fundamentally flawed. True...I feel your argument is fundamentally flawed. True precogs would foresee the nightmare that being discovered would bring, and be capable of avoiding letting it happen. I doubt they would bother with high profile, and 'low' return lotteries, in favour of anonymous and high return stock deals.<br />If Steve Jobs had been a precog, though, I can't see him not letting it slip somehow for after his death. Or scheduling the iPhone release earlier.<br /><br />A new scientist special last year pointed out that every formula relating to the physical world that includes time allows for time to change positively or negatively, there is no sign of any bias towards forwards only. Maybe it is as simple as Kierkegaard says, that life can only be understood backwards.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07024395462531123267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3311177018009402020.post-70607065917869214162012-03-20T13:00:49.738+00:002012-03-20T13:00:49.738+00:00I'll tell you how you predict the future.
If...I'll tell you how you predict the future. <br /><br />If you want to know the future, create it.<br /><br />Too simple? Too much cause level required to be confrontable? Maybe for some, but there it is. That's how Steve Jobs could predict widespread use of MP3 players. For example.Atradiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13214133926251569519noreply@blogger.com