A prediction is a statement or claim that a particular event will occur in the future. The etymology of this word is Latin (from præ- "before" plus dicere "to say"). Prediction - Informal prediction. Outside the rigorous context of science, prediction is often confused with informed guess or opinion. A prediction of this kind might be valid and useful if the predictor is a knowledgeable person in the field and is employing sound reasoning and accurate data. Pre ...

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Prediction:

A statement that claims to foretell future events.

(See also: Prediction, Psychic, Psychic Dictionary, Parapsychology, Parapsychology Dictionary)

Criswell's predictions were nationally syndicated. Additionally, the psychic appeared on the television show Criswell Predicts on KLAC Channel 13 in Los Angeles, as well as being kinescoped for syndication on other television stations. Criswell's announcer, Bob Shields, would eventually be the judge on Divorce Court. Criswell was notorious for wearing his heavy pancake makeup outside the studio. Criswell authored several books of predictions, including 1968's Criswell Predicts: From Now to the Year 2000. In this b ...

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The Amazing Criswell, The Amazing Criswell - Predictions, The Amazing Criswell - Private Life, The Amazing Criswell - Quotes

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Work presented in 2002 by Antony Stark and Chris Martin mapping the gas density in a 400 light year region around the galactic center has revealed an accumulating ring with a mass several million times that of the Sun and near the critical density for star formation. They predict that in approximately 200 million years there will be an episode of starburst in the galactic center, with many stars forming rapidly and undergoing supernovas at a hundred times the current rate. The starburst may also be accompanied by the formation of galactic jets as matter falls into the central black hole. It is thought that the Milky Way undergoes a ...

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Galactic Center, Galactic Center - Proof of existence and location, Galactic Center - Predictions

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Jensen made several predictions of apocalypse based on his interpretations of Biblical prophecies. Robert Balch, a professor of Sociology at the University of Montana, became closely aquainted with Jensen and the BUPC after his first prediction, and published his findings: "He is well known for a prophecy that a nuclear attack would be launched on 29 April 1980 that would annihilate one-third of humankind. Before and after that date, three researchers conducted interviews with Jensen's followers in order to gauge their ...

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Leland Jensen, Leland Jensen - Background, Leland Jensen - The Guardianship Dispute, Leland Jensen - Leadership, Leland Jensen - Re-Establishing the International Bahá'í Council, Leland Jensen - Predictions, Leland Jensen - Publications

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In The Late, Great Planet Earth, Lindsey wrote that he had concluded that since there was no apparent mention of the United States in the books of Daniel or Revelation, that the USA would no longer be a major player on the geo-political stage by the time the tribulations of the end times arrived. Lindsey also predicted that the European Common Market, which preceded the European Community, was destined by Biblical prophecy to become a "United States of Europe", which in turn was destined to become a revived Roman Empire ruled by the Antichrist. (The fact that there were seven countries in the Common Market related them to a beast ...

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Hal Lindsey, Hal Lindsey - Biography, Hal Lindsey - Predictions, Hal Lindsey - Zion Oil, Hal Lindsey - Bibliography

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In 1997, life imitated art as predicted by Max Headroom. In the original story, reporter Edison Carter exposed the TV network's efforts to create "Blipverts," a new high-intensity subliminal television commercial which had the unfortunate side-effect of overloading the nervous system of certain viewers to the extent that they exploded. In a bizarre parallel in 1997, Japan's Pocket Monsters (Pokémon) television series included a sequence of flashing images which unintentionally triggered seizures in hundreds of viewers susceptible to photosensitive ...

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Max Headroom, Max Headroom - Character, Max Headroom - TV show, Max Headroom - Episode Listing, Max Headroom - Season 1, Max Headroom - Season 2, Max Headroom - Predictions, Max Headroom - Influences, Max Headroom - U.S. series cast

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In his Remote Viewing sessions, he warns of Earth suffering the same fate as Venus due to excessive environmental damage caused by overpopulation, deforestation, reduction in Phytoplankton populations due to pollution, all themselves results of the industrial and economic necessities demanded by an ever-growing population, all leading to a greenhouse effect. Another effect of overpopulation will be economic straining towards inevitable collapse because of peak resources and an unsustainable population, and widespread mental instabilit ...

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Aaron Donahue, Aaron Donahue - Upbringing Teens and Education, Aaron Donahue - Higher Order and PsiTech, Aaron Donahue - Lucifer, Aaron Donahue - Predictions, Aaron Donahue - Belief: Demons Angels and Midwayers, Aaron Donahue - Career, Aaron Donahue - Criticism

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In his viewings, he was warned by Lucifer of Earth suffering the same fate as Venus due to excessive environmental damage caused by overpopulation, deforestation, reduction in Phytoplankton populations due to pollution, all themselves results of and the industrial necessities demanded by an ever populous world, all leading to a greenhouse effect. Another effect of overpopulation will be economic straining towards inevitable collapse because of peak resources and an unsustainable population, and widespread mental instability, laying th ...

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Aaron Donahue, Aaron Donahue - Upbringing Teens and Education, Aaron Donahue - Higher Order and PsiTech, Aaron Donahue - Lucifer, Aaron Donahue - Predictions, Aaron Donahue - Belief: Demons Angels and Midwayers, Aaron Donahue - Career, Aaron Donahue - Criticism

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UFO, which was filmed in 1969, made a number of predictions about what life in the 1980s would be like, some of which (to an extent) have come true. Among the innovations predicted by the series: Car telephones (aka cell phones) Gull-wing doors on automobiles (actually these had been pioneered over a decade earlier in real life, in the Mercedes-Benz 300SL) Spacecraft launched from an aircraft Women in a position of authority in the military Extensive use of computers in day-to-day life, ...

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UFO TV series, UFO TV series - Plot overview, UFO TV series - Characters, UFO TV series - Commander Ed Straker Ed Bishop, UFO TV series - Col. Paul Foster Michael Billington, UFO TV series - Lt. Gay Ellis Gabrielle Drake, UFO TV series - Col. Alec Freeman George Sewell, UFO TV series - General James Henderson Grant Taylor, UFO TV series - Col. Virginia Lake Wanda Ventham, UFO TV series - Captain Peter Carlin Peter Gordeno, UFO TV series - Lt. Nina Barry Dolores Mantez, UFO TV series - Captain Lew Waterman Gary Myers, UFO TV series - Lt. Keith Ford Keith Alexander, UFO TV series - Lt. Ayshea Johnson Ayshea Brough, UFO TV series - Dr. Doug Jackson Vladek Sheybal, UFO TV series - Lt. Joan Harrington Antonia Ellis, UFO TV series - Miss Ealand Norma Ronald, UFO TV series - Lt. Mark Bradley Harry Baird, UFO TV series - Trivia, UFO TV series - Predictions, UFO TV series - Episodes, UFO TV series - Revivals

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Proponents of the "Space-time theories of consciousness" assert that they make predictions, and are thus to be distinguished from pseudoscience. These predictions are not known to have been tested specifically. The empirical theory of Alex Green predicts that a small part of the brain such as the centromedian nucleus will be sensitive to mechanical deformation and topical application of general anaesthetics, that cognitive experiments will demonstrate the creation of models of the world by the cerebral cortex that form the input to conscious experience and that consciousness is in ...

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Space-time theories of consciousness, Space-time theories of consciousness - Background, Space-time theories of consciousness - Predictions

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Labor now seeks to win a majority in the House of Assembly in its own right to avoid having to rely on the support of independents. Current opinion polls indicate that this is highly likely and ABC elections expert Antony Green said that the "Labor government looks set to be returned with an increased majority" [1]. Most commentators agree that the Liberal party has little chance of winning government, and that the party's leader Rob Kerin will be replaced after the election, if not before. Strong contenders for the leaders ...

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South Australian legislative election 2006, South Australian legislative election 2006 - Election Procedure, South Australian legislative election 2006 - Predictions, South Australian legislative election 2006 - Opinion Polls, South Australian legislative election 2006 - Key Seats, South Australian legislative election 2006 - House of Assembly Lower House, South Australian legislative election 2006 - Legislative Council Upper House, South Australian legislative election 2006 - Candidates, South Australian legislative election 2006 - Retiring MPs, South Australian legislative election 2006 - Candidates for the House of Assembly

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prediction

A statement of what will happen based upon known, real behavior forms and the estimate of the possibilities

(See also: Prediction, Body Mind and Soul)

In early 2004, a group of scientists at the University of California, Los Angeles, lead by Dr. Vladimir Keilis-Borok, predicted that a quake similar in strength to the San Simeon earthquake would occur in a 12,000 square mile (31,100 km) area of Southern California by September of that year. In April 2004, the California State Office of Emergency Services formally endorsed the prediction made by Kellis-Borok that there would be a strong earthquake in the Southern ...

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Earthquake prediction, Earthquake prediction - Controversy in trying to predict earthquakes, Earthquake prediction - Parkfield California, Earthquake prediction - Earthquake Prediction in China, Earthquake prediction - Animal behavior, Earthquake prediction - Other predictions

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Chinese earthquake prediction research is largely based on unusual events before earthquakes, such as change of ground water levels, strange animal behavior and foreshocks. They successfully predicted the February 4, 1975 M7.3 Haicheng Earthquake[1], and the China State Seismological Bureau ordered an evacuation of 1 million people the day before the earthquake, but failed to predict the July 28, 1976 M7.8 Tangshan earthquake[2]. This failur ...

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Earthquake prediction, Earthquake prediction - Controversy in trying to predict earthquakes, Earthquake prediction - Parkfield California, Earthquake prediction - Earthquake Prediction in China, Earthquake prediction - Animal behavior, Earthquake prediction - Other predictions

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The song was written by Delta Goodrem, alongside Jarrad Rogers and Kara DioGuardi (whom shot to fame by writing the song, Spinning Around for local idol, Kylie Minogue). The song and produced by John Fields in L.A. Originally, the demo version of the song was rather different from the end product; however, Goodrem desired the song to have a rock edge to it, thus asking Fields to help produce it. The song is set around the theme of a girl rejecting the advances of a man, because she can see through his facade, and knows that if she let's ...

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Predictable, Predictable - Song information, Predictable - Music video, Predictable - Chart Performance, Predictable - Tracklisting

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In a scientific context, a prediction is a rigorous (often quantitative) statement forecasting what will happen under specific conditions, typically expressed in the form If A is true, then B will also be true. The scientific method is built on testing assertions which are logical consequences of scientific theories. A scientific theory whose assertions are not in accordance with observations will probably be rejected. Additionally, if new theories generate many new predictions, they are often highly valued, for they can be qui ...

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Prediction, Prediction - Informal prediction hypothesis, Prediction - Supernatural prophesy, Prediction - Anticipatory science forecasts, Prediction - Example, Prediction - Prediction in fiction

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The predictive dialer exhibits predictive behavior when it has more call attempts (dials) outstanding than it has agents that are already available to handle calls. The predictive dialing happens when the predictive dialer dials ahead of the agents becoming available or when the predictive dialer matches a forecast number of available agents with a forecast number of available called parties. The matching and dialing ahead perspectives ...

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Predictive dialer, Predictive dialer - Introduction, Predictive dialer - How Predictive Dialing Works, Predictive dialer - About silent calls, Predictive dialer - Types of predictive dialers, Predictive dialer - Soft dialers, Predictive dialer - Hard dialers

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With regard to predictive seismology, humans have tried to associate an impending earthquake with such things as animal behavior, electromagnetic fields, weather conditions, unusual clouds, radon gas in ground water, water level in wells and so on - thereby suggesting that the dataset of observed seismicity is dependent on a large number of external variables. Controversy arises as a result, since conclusions usually should not be made from a small data set unless a well understood physical phenomenon is present, parti ...

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Earthquake prediction, Earthquake prediction - Controversy in trying to predict earthquakes, Earthquake prediction - Parkfield California, Earthquake prediction - Earthquake Prediction in China, Earthquake prediction - Animal behavior, Earthquake prediction - Other predictions

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