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2005-02-14 Europe

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Posted by tipper 2005-02-14 10:03:08 AM|| || Front Page|| [6 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I once talked with a fortune teller who took his job seriously, unlike the typical fraud. "People want me to 'see' the future, but they have a strange idea of what the future looks like: like watching the TV news, or reading a newspaper. What if someone asked you to 'see' the present? "Uh, I'm sitting here talking to you" "But what about my Uncle Frank?" "I've no idea what he's doing right now" So what about the future? 'Well, okay, next Tuesday I'm at home having dinner then going to bed. Well, that's what I see in the future'. And that brings up the second problem: 99.999% of everything people do is boring and repetitious. Try 'seeing' the future without having a 'fast forward' button. 'Okay, I see you lying in bed sleeping, but you are older and fatter.' It's not like people go around talking about interesting things that happen to them all the time, hoping some seer will see them talking out loud and tell them what they said before they say it. Then there is the probabilities thing: some things *will* happen, such as your getting older, unless you die. Other things, like lottery numbers have a lot more possible outcomes. This is why fortune tellers rarely hit on the lotto." "But," he continued, "for most people that is all academic. They don't care about what the future really holds--knowing that information wouldn't change them one bit--they want you to *change* their future for them, somehow." "And the best part is, that even if you tell them what to do to change their future, like 'go on a diet', they won't do it.

Posted by Anonymoose 2005-02-14 6:59:48 PM|| 2005-02-14 6:59:48 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 Not a Catholic - but, we cannot understand those who have had mystical experiences. Now as to visions absolutely... As to actual correspondence to actual events. Like Nostradamus. The devil (so to speak) is in the interpretation...
RIP Sister

Posted by BigEd 2005-02-14 7:13:45 PM|| 2005-02-14 7:13:45 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 it's true and we were all much more powerful and interesting persons in previous lives. I, for instance was Caesar, and Ben Franklin (and yes, I did get the chicks) heh heh

Posted by Frank G 2005-02-14 7:14:12 PM|| 2005-02-14 7:14:12 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 This was Paul Atreides problem in Frank Herbert's Dune series. If you can see the future, truly see every moment, it woould probably drive you mad. Nothing would be a surprise, nothing wondrous. Just boring, day to day drivel.

Posted by Deacon Blues 2005-02-14 7:53:32 PM|| 2005-02-14 7:53:32 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 I wonder if she looked like a piece of toast?

Posted by tu3031 2005-02-14 10:41:47 PM|| 2005-02-14 10:41:47 PM|| Front Page Top

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