Talk:Postdiction

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[edit] Moved here from the Vaticinium ex eventu ("Prophecy from the event") page


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This is borderline un-neutral... Not that I'm for or against Nostradamus, but author seems biased against him and/or his readers specifically (count the number of example with Nostradamus specifically, compared to others; statistically speaking Nostradamus seems singled out here). How about in this case, author removes real-life examples, instead make somthing up like "a prediction that water will run downhill is an example of satistically likely". That will appease the neutrality-minded and new-agers alike.

Is the "prophecy" by Virgil about Caesar Augustus in this category, or is it exempted because it was intended more as a tribute than as a hoax? Jwrosenzweig 14:11, 29 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Hmmm... I don't think that Virgil was presenting the Aeneid as "true history", so maybe not. Certainly Anchises is pretty direct in his praise for the illustrious decendant of Aeneas. I don't think it would hurt to mention it or to leave it out. Mpolo 14:27, Oct 29, 2004 (UTC)

[edit] "Steps to avoid postdiction" should be removed

Section violates a number of wikipedia guidelines, among them WP:NOR, (where are these "steps" published outside WP?) WP:WWIN, (Wikipedia is not a guide book), and WP:NPOV (the very existence of the section implies that clairvoyance is real and that psychics should take these sensible precautions). I will remove the section in two weeks unless a cogent defense addressing each of these points is posted below. Peace. Argyrios 18:52, 10 June 2006 (UTC)

I gave it two months and deleted the section. Argyrios 14:29, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
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