>Some of us speak out prophecies.
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>There are two types: Self-fullfilling prophecies and self-denying prophecies.
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>Can this become a useful thread?

While I don't deny that the act of making a prophecy can influence the future, there can also be prophecies that simply do accurate, or fairly accurate, predictions. Either by someone receiving divine inspiration (OK, I know that many will not agree with this possibility - but at least the possibility has to be discussed, right?), or by having a keen insight into the way things work.

For instance, if I tell you that tomorrow the sun will rise, and it does, my prophecy didn't actually make this happen. Think of Moore's Law - we can assume that Mr. Moore simply observed how electronics was improving, and extrapolated into the future.

On the other hand, a prophecy can be way off its mark, simply due to a lack of insight into how things work. ("We can expect a world-wide market for about 5 computers." - IBM; "I see no reason why anybody would want to have a computer in his home" - DEC).