precognition
noun
pre·cog·ni·tion
ˌprē-(ˌ)käg-ˈni-shən 
: clairvoyance relating to an event or state not yet experienced
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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
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precognition
noun
pre·cog·ni·tion
ˌprē-(ˌ)käg-ˈnish-ən
: clairvoyance relating to an event or state not yet experienced compare psychokinesis, telekinesis
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