[Zarquon]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('asg70', 'W')ithin tribal societies, a big part of survival was trying to anticipate the future. So everyone has deep-seated drives to predict the future in order to raise our social-status. It doesn't have to be doom. It's anything as simple as betting on college sports or the next presidential election or whether Rise of Skywalker will bomb. It's just part of being human. When you're right you get a quick dopamine hit which is why gambling is an addiction. That dopamine hit is evolutionary psych right there.

[Zarquon]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Outcast_Searcher', '
')But if they accidentally get something meaningful right, chalking up that "win" against hundreds or thousands of losses is a track record they'd have to be almost COMPLETELY delusional about to be proud of.

[evilgenius]

If one is the least bit honest, they will have to admit that they must become, at some point, a prophet to their own selves. This is necessary because to form an understanding of the world as it spans so many facets, it becomes necessary to model the world to yourself. Models are the best way to figure out what is going on in complex human dynamics, like politics or the economy. Without the ability to form relevant hypotheses, one's model can get too far out of touch with reality. There is plenty of proof that sort of human condition can endure as long as most people's lifetimes. For that reason, it's a sad thing when neither political side can see the other's validity.

[evilgenius]

I suppose I should say that I don't think that prophecy is about foretelling the future. I think it is about communicating the words of God. It's about telling people what God thinks of them. What God wants to say to them. That can be both good and bad.

[Pops]

I'm no prophet.
So I try to plan for anything, including nothing.
Makes me not-for-prophet I guess

[Newfie]

Welcome aboard.

I had not heard of that person.

[jedrider]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('evilgenius', 'I')f one is the least bit honest, they will have to admit that they must become, at some point, a prophet to their own selves. This is necessary because to form an understanding of the world as it spans so many facets, it becomes necessary to model the world to yourself. Models are the best way to figure out what is going on in complex human dynamics, like politics or the economy. Without the ability to form relevant hypotheses, one's model can get too far out of touch with reality. There is plenty of proof that sort of human condition can endure as long as most people's lifetimes. For that reason, it's a sad thing when neither political side can see the other's validity.

[Plantagenet]

Watch out for prophets who are mainly concerned with making profits.

Cheers!

[dohboi]

estimated

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2R-_Hsurm7Y

[Outcast_Searcher]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('RichKiddey', 'I') think no, if I become a prophet I will want to look for my death day and just for other bad dates of my life.

[Outcast_Searcher]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Plantagenet', 'W')atch out for prophets who are mainly concerned with making profits.

Cheers!

[EnergyUnlimited]

Prophet Mohammed had quite a good life... Now over a billion of fools are still following him...so?
Why not?
Being a prophet is quite a good job!
All you need to learn is to say lies and statements opened to interpretation and you will pass by.

Mind you, I have met one time a guy I consider a prophet.
This was in Polish countryside while walking with my wife.
We met and befriended a lone walker who was looking intelligent, cheerful and a bit tipsy b ut not drunk.
After about an hour of walk he told us that he is a prophet.
So he told me very clearly and without any error Chinese name of my wife.
A while later he have asked me "do you want me to tell you when your grandma have died?"
Then he have said her date of death and the town where it happened.
I have never seen him in the past and never again after this walk and possibility that he was my family member unknown to me is very remote.
Concerning future he have told me about car crash which I am going to have year later (he named year and month and specified that car will go for scrap but I will walk out without a single bruise - correct).
He asked me - do you want to know more about your future?
My answer was resounding NO!
His remark on that was following "it is a good idea as knowing future may be affecting it. I am not sure, but I think it does.
Fortune telling which I practice may not only be stating a future but also making a future"

Now you have remark of a very wise man, the one who knows what he is talking about - it may not be wise to attempt to know your future, even if you can.

He told me that he is never doing fortune telling for money, but sometimes he likes to say something to a stranger, just casually.
We have never met again.
Whenever I recall this guy it feels surreal.