… … you have to be able to persuade someone to do something to avoid the consequences of your prediction.
I call this the “Delphi Oracle” problem. You might be able to predict the future, but you are powerless to change it.
Akin to the cartoons where the Wylie Coyote chases the Roadrunner off the cliff, we are powerless to save others or ourselves from obvious disaster.
So I am befuddled. I lay out the prediction, all the steps leading up to it, everyone agrees, but we CAN’T change course. We have to run into that brick wall!
Arghh!
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