precogníció

Precognition is a term used to describe the purported ability to foresee future events. It is considered a form of extrasensory perception (ESP) by proponents of parapsychology, falling under the broader category of clairvoyance. Individuals who claim to have precognitive abilities might experience visions, dreams, or a strong intuition about future happenings. These predictions can range from personal events to broader societal occurrences.

The concept of precognition has been explored in various cultures and historical periods. It often appears in mythology, literature, and religious texts, where prophets or oracles are depicted as having knowledge of the future. In modern times, parapsychological research attempts to investigate precognition through controlled experiments, often involving probability-based predictions or the identification of future stimuli.

Skeptics generally attribute reported instances of precognition to psychological phenomena such as coincidence, selective memory, cold reading, or misinterpretation of ambiguous information. The lack of consistent, replicable empirical evidence under rigorous scientific conditions leads mainstream science to view precognition as a pseudoscience. Despite this, the idea of knowing the future continues to fascinate and inspire speculation in both popular culture and certain academic circles.