My wife occasionally buys lottery tickets. I never have before because I view them generally as long shots and therefore a kind of tax on the math challenged. However, this morning when I was awakened, I was having a dream in which I found a golden horseshoe in an unlikely place. Having read Jung's book about symbols, I figured it was a dream foretelling good luck of some kind, as a horseshoe is a symbol of good luck and gold symbolizes riches.
Those who are familiar with some of my posts know that I believe that the future is inherently unpredictable. Therefore, it seemed an opportunity to test my hypothesis. I figured that if I bought a lottery ticket today and won, my thesis would be disproven: my dream would be an example of future prediction. Therefore, I bought five (just to give it a fair chance) lottery numbers this morning.
The (California Super Lotto "mega millions") numbers I bought are:
A 27 29 34 42 47 16
B 07 08 18 21 43 24
C 05 14 16 41 45 06
D 03 04 30 33 45 18
E 21 25 26 31 33 24
The last number in each row is the "mega" number. The Friday mega millions jackpot is 108 million dollars. The ticket date is Saturday, October 22, 2005.
This was the first time I have ever bought a lottery ticket. If I win anything I may have to rethink my philosophy.
Full Version: Prescience in Dreams?
| QUOTE (Rick @ Oct 21, 05:36 PM) |
| a kind of tax on the math challenged. |
Nearly fell out of my chair laughing! My son's still on the floor!
I'd wish you good luck, but I don't believe in luck. Oh, go on then.....Good Luck... for a math challenged, in his old age, guy. I suppose you'll say I'm math challenged for wishing luck now!
Wishing can't hurt, unless done to excess to the point that it distracts from important things like understanding the lies of the religious right! Thanks for your good wishes.
Here's to unsinkable optimism. Don't start counting those chickens just yet.
| QUOTE (Rick @ Oct 21, 08:36 AM) |
| If I win anything I may have to rethink my philosophy. |
Will you then turn into a republican swine?
Even if you were to win Rick, I would still put it down to coincidence!
Now then, do it right five times in a row and I would have to see a bias toward prediction.
I've won about £500 on the UK Lottery. Never bought a ticket!!!! (I know I've really only 'not spent it on the Lottery').
However, I do wish you good fortune (and could do with a couple of grand myself....)
Now then, do it right five times in a row and I would have to see a bias toward prediction.
I've won about £500 on the UK Lottery. Never bought a ticket!!!! (I know I've really only 'not spent it on the Lottery').
However, I do wish you good fortune (and could do with a couple of grand myself....)
| QUOTE (code buttons @ Oct 21, 03:01 PM) |
| Will you then turn into a republican swine? |
That's a distinct possibility, isn't it? When rethinking one's philosophy from the ground up, anything goes. However, some principles don't change, such as using reason, so therefore, I wouldn't ever turn Republican. Lies and reason don't mix.
In case anyone is wondering, I have been proven right once again. Dreams can't possibly fortell random events of the future. The future doesn't exist, so there is nothing to foresee. There is only now. Of the 30 numbers, I hit only one, and that paid nothing.
| QUOTE (Rick @ Oct 24, 08:37 AM) |
| The future doesn't exist, so there is nothing to foresee. There is only now. |
...and no past?
The past is that period of time which happened before 'now'. It therefore, does not exist now.
Objects made in the past may or may not still exist now.
Events which happened in the past may be recalled now.
Objects made in the past may or may not still exist now.
Events which happened in the past may be recalled now.
Good summary, Rhymer. In an ontological sense, the past does not exist. It is not a place that can be time-traveled to. It can never be fully reconstructed, so history textbooks will never be complete and accurate.
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