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Is it possible to actually be psychic, in that you know what will happen, when it will happen, how it will happen, and possibly even why it will happen?
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October 16, 2005

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Peter Lipton
October 16, 2005 (changed October 16, 2005) Permalink

There seems to be nothing incoherent in the idea that there might be certain people who are much more reliable about the future than the rest of us, though neither we nor they can account for the source of this extraordinary talent. I don't think it is likely that there are any such people about; but if there are this might have an entirely natural explanation (even if we can't quite figure it out). Perhaps they are much more sensitive to sensory evidence and its significance than the rest of us.

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