Quote Originally Posted by Dead & Grateful
On the subject of "predicting the future", I like to call it psychological persuasion. If you predict minor or vague events that will happen in someone's future, and they're convinced, they'll eventually associate something in their life with the prediction to make a connection.
Exactly. Like horoscopes; they brabble about things in daily life that could happen the anyone at any time. I read somewhere many people who believe in these kind of...general...predictions, will enthusiastically embrace anything that comes true, yet ignore anything that doesn't - as some kind of strange comfort.

It's a pretty big gray area. Some kind of guidance, maybe - but I have to agree with D&G.

What about very precise predictions? Like that tv show, Medium; based on people who 'pick up' exact details of murders hundreds of miles away. Is it all phoney? Does anyone have personal experiences with this kind?