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Recent Examples of precognition
But in behavioral science, many scholars point to an article published in a mainstream psychology journal in 2011 claiming evidence of precognition — that is, the ability to sense the future.
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Noam Scheiber, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2023
But instead of rearranging itself around Barker’s research into precognition, the paradigm shifted away from him and snapped more firmly into place.
—Ian Beacock, The New Republic, 25 Aug. 2022
The evidence for precognition was staring us in the face all along.
—Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 19 May 2012
So Bem devised a series of experiments to test precognition.
—Yudhijit Bhattacharjee, Discover Magazine, 13 May 2012
Take the example of psychologist Daryl Bem, who has infuriated his colleagues by publishing an experiment that supports the existence of precognition: the ability to sense events that have not yet happened.
—Corey S Powell, Discover Magazine, 4 Apr. 2012
The show enjoyed a one-two punch (or kick) of precognition.
—Mike Bloom, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Nov. 2022
During his time in Aberfan, Barker tactfully but doggedly set about recording examples of precognition that came his way.
—Kathryn Hughes, The New York Review of Books, 19 Oct. 2022
More daringly, Barker thought that proving the existence of precognition would overturn the basic human understanding of linear time.
—Ian Beacock, The New Republic, 25 Aug. 2022
Noam Scheiber, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2023
But instead of rearranging itself around Barker’s research into precognition, the paradigm shifted away from him and snapped more firmly into place.
—Ian Beacock, The New Republic, 25 Aug. 2022
The evidence for precognition was staring us in the face all along.
—Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 19 May 2012
So Bem devised a series of experiments to test precognition.
—Yudhijit Bhattacharjee, Discover Magazine, 13 May 2012
Take the example of psychologist Daryl Bem, who has infuriated his colleagues by publishing an experiment that supports the existence of precognition: the ability to sense events that have not yet happened.
—Corey S Powell, Discover Magazine, 4 Apr. 2012
The show enjoyed a one-two punch (or kick) of precognition.
—Mike Bloom, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Nov. 2022
During his time in Aberfan, Barker tactfully but doggedly set about recording examples of precognition that came his way.
—Kathryn Hughes, The New York Review of Books, 19 Oct. 2022
More daringly, Barker thought that proving the existence of precognition would overturn the basic human understanding of linear time.
—Ian Beacock, The New Republic, 25 Aug. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for precognition
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But in that moment, Queen Genevieve was born, a player whose clairvoyance could summon her enemies’ words from the ether.Joe Reid, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2024
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With just about 20 days until the presidential election, voters have turned to polls and prediction markets for some clairvoyance on its outcome.Sydney Lake, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2024
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Industry experts say Taiwan grew its own semiconductor industry organically through a combination of foresight, hard work and investment.Nectar Gan, CNN, 29 Nov. 2024
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Look on the sunny side of life — endless opportunities to flourish based on skill, foresight, industry, and ambition.Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 27 Nov. 2024
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What Houellebecq does get credit for is prescience.Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 24 Oct. 2024
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Unusual prescience on her part or an authorial intrusion from the vantage of our less orderly world?Laura Miller, The New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2024
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The next year, Schmeisser marched into a large conference room at Army Research Office headquarters in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, to pitch a research project to investigate synthetic telepathy for soldiers.Adam Piore, Discover Magazine, 1 Mar. 2012
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These detector settings allow Alice and Bob to ask the particles different questions; an additional trick to throw off their apparent telepathy.Daniel Garisto, Scientific American, 6 Oct. 2022
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“Precognition.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/precognition. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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