‘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. _________________________ The Power of Predict-ability June 2025 A century ago, schools engaged children in the 3Rs: Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic (there’s only one capital
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
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,
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
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
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
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
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 several 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
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 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