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‘How To Predict The Future’ was written in the latter stages of 2024. Given the static nature of a book, this section will offer updated practices and perspectives in real time.
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Is prediction for real? Or is it just a sham?
Prediction (Latin prae, “before”, and dicere, “to say”) is a statement about something before it happens. There are various synonyms for prediction. Forecast. Foretell. Prophesise. Prescience. Plan. Prognosticate. Create. Precognition. Foreshadow. My interpretation is that they are all variations on determining what might happen up ahead. Forecasting and prediction are the two most common overlapping
There are three perspectives on being able to predict something.
The first perspective on forecasting the future is that you cannot predict anything that occurs by chance. An event that is pure luck – such as the Lotto winning numbers for next Saturday night – cannot be determined beforehand. Black Swan events – such as earthquakes and sudden accidents – occur out of the blue,
Influence and power throughout history was partly determined by predictive ability.
Crystal ball readings, palmistry, numerology, Tarot cards, water divining, the reading of tea leaves, and astrological horoscopes featured strongly in past ages. Some still do today. Many of these practices ended their title with the suffix ‘mancy’, which refers to the practice of reading the future. They included anthropomancy (analyse human entrails), bibliomancy (open a
Prediction has significant merits for your own life.
While there may be some things you do not wish to know in the future, accurate prediction can create many benefits for you. Those benefits can involve events over the next few seconds, or long-term experiences over succeeding years that will affect your physical, mental, financial and spiritual health. Here are nine categories in which
Your brain is a predictive entity. It’s always looking ahead.
When is the last time you caught a ball that was thrown towards you? What your brain does as you prepare to catch the ball is highly predictive. You not only watch the ball in flight, but you also predict where it is going. You use a series of visual cues, and adjust your hand
We can predict and shape the future for our kids. What are the green and red flags that can help us with this?
Longitudinal studies offer powerful predictive indicators. These studies are conducted with nominated children, often over decades, and reveal how childhood experiences and behaviours can influence everyday functioning when they become adults. The UK-based 7UP series popularized this approach with their long-term focus every seven years on the lives of fourteen children. 63 Up was broadcast
What’s likely to happen in the future with different professions?
Predictive analysis does not just have benefit for you and other individuals. It also has merit for many of our important institutions around the world. Here are some predictive What-ifs for some of those institutions: Predictive Medicine. What if remote personalised predictive warnings – especially with wearable tech – could be provided to anyone who
It’s often said that science fiction can predict the future. Here’s a brief look into the reality of SF predictive capacity.
Some sci-fi writers do manage to prophesise or influence the future. Science fiction can become science fact in a short period of time. In 1998, a movie called ‘The Truman Show’ featured Jim Carrey, who acted out the part of Truman Burbank. This character was unknowingly followed in everyday life by the OmniCam Corporation, who
The number Seven features in many elements of our everyday lives. Can that help us to predict the future?
The number seven is historically associated with many natural experiences. Seven is statistically the most likely combined number to be thrown with a pair of dice. There are seven colours in a rainbow; there were seven wonders of the ancient world; there are seven notes in the common musical scale; we have seven chakras; there