How different is precognition from e.s.p.?

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also how common is precognition as well?

Apparently from a test that I just took,I think that I may have this! I can tell things are going to happen in the future..I have had feelings, premonitions in dreams, and I have seen things..that I wasn't sure of..but, "knew" instinctively that they weren't all that great or wonderful! I have also seen rooms and places that I have never been to before in my life..and then years later..I am in that room, in real life!!

I can also look at a person's photo and tell a lot about them..and or being around people I can sometimes tell them what s*x their baby will be! I once predicted three babies in one summer! I was correct! I have never done that before! I have also predicted other people's kids...but, I really got more into "if they would have two boys or two girls, or one boy, one girl etc...."

also, I have seen visions of people trying to get a hold of me..and I was correct!(a cameo shot of them, in my "third eye"!)

and more!

Answer 1

Precognition is the ability to foretell future events, or at least get a feeling for them. Extra Sensory Perception is an umbrella term for any of the abilities that don't tie into the traditional sensory organs, ie: sight, hearing, touch, taste, and smell. ESP includes clairvoyance (remote seeing), precognition (future viewing), aura reading, medical intuition, clairsentience/psychometry (gaining information by touching an object), telepathy, clairaudience (remote hearing), and astral projection, in addition to a few others that are considered even more rare.

As far as how common these abilities are, well that is anyone's guess. Most cases of ESP are either individual occurrences or are undocumented. As for my personal opinion, I believe that all these abilities are real and like any other sensory function, need to be exercised and used regularly to be allow to improve.

Blessed Be )O(

Answer 2

They are the same. They don't exist. For all the experiments run, science has never verified either.

Answer 3

precognition is a form of ESP, as are remote viewing, The forms of ESP that are recognized today include:

Telepathy, Clairvoyance, Precognition, Retrocognition and psychometry. There are some other psychic abilities, and each of the forms of ESP may reveal themselves differently for different people. Some may just "know:", some may see images, etc.

Answer 4

Knowledge of future events can come from two places. Either God reveals something to you that he wants you to see for whatever reason he has, or demonic possession. Humans do not have the ability to see the future on thier own.

If you seriously feel you have been revealed future events, then you should ask yourself where they come from. Read a Bible. In Acts there is a story about a fortune teller who loses her powers when Paul casts the demon out of her. Also, there are countless passages about God revealing the future to people.

Answer 5

Looks like the result of a *very* active imagination meeting a selective memory.

Answer 6

Precognition -- literally knowing the future -- is a type of ESP.  Other types include telepathy (mind to mind communication), Clairvoyance (seeing distant events), Clairaudiance (hearing distant events), and telekinesis (moving objects with the mind).  ESP is a real phenomenon, though it is very difficult to test in a lab, and therefore difficult if not impossible to prove.  It is a gift, though I do believe that everyone has it to a greater or lesser extent.  It is a natural human ability.  It is not evil, it is not demonic in origin, and there is nothing wrong with it.  It is not something to be afraid of, but rather something to be cultivated and nurtured.  Best of luck to you!

Answer 7

Precognition and e.s.p. are similar in the sense that both are purely fictional. The difference is mainly that e.s.p. encompasses all kinds of purported paranormal powers of which precognition is just one.

Regarding your experiences, recollecting that you've been in a room before is a form of deja vu, a name given to a common mental memory trick our minds play on us. Divining a person's personality traits from a photo is a subjective exercise and you've given no evidence that your divinations were specific or accurate. As far as predicting the gender of a baby, you've got a 1 in 2 chance of being right for each baby , so your track record isn't surprising at all. Three babies in a row is only a 1 in 8 chance, which are really good odds especially if you make a lot of predictions!

As far as having visions of people trying to contact you, that's not very surprising either. With a limited number of contacts, any one of whom could be wishing to talk with you about something at any given moment, randomly picking one in a "vision" is going to give you a correct selection a lot of the time.

Answer 8

I prefer to call you psychic--a general term. Embrace it & develop it.

Answer 9

Precognition literally means "before-knowledge," in other words,  knowing about something before it happens.  ESP, extrasensory perception means that the individual uses something more (extra) than the usual see, hear, touch, taste, feel to gain provably accurate and reliable knowledge.

  It's a big world, strange things happen, and no one yet knows what goes on in a large part of the frontal lobe of our brains.  As far as how common is it?  That depends on what you mean - I can tell with what I consider amazing reliability whether anyone is at the other end to answer a telephone number I have called.

Answer 10

It is great that you have precognitive abilities. Congratulations for it. Actually ESP is a term used for any kind of perception which will not be a part of the five usual senses. However precognition is term specifically used to represent the ability to have glimpse of future. ESP also include sensing ,empathy ,telepathy etc. Hope that helped.

Answer 11

In parapsychology, precognition (from the Latin præ-, “prior to,” + cognitio, “a getting to know”) is a form of extra-sensory perception wherein a person perceives information about future places or events before they happen (as distinct from merely predicting them based on deductive reasoning and current knowledge).[1]

A related term, presentiment, refers to information about future events which is perceived the form of emotions or feelings at the autonomic level. These terms are considered by some to be special cases of the more general term clairvoyance.

Introduction

Throughout history people have claimed to have precognitive abilities, and prophecy is a feature of many religions.

Just as prevalent are anecdotal accounts of precognitions from the general public, such as someone "knowing" who is on the other end of a ringing telephone before they answer it, or having a dream of unusual clarity with elements of content that later occur. While anecdotal accounts do not provide scientific proof of precognition, such common experiences motivate continued research.

Skeptic and magician James Randi, in his book An Encyclopedia of Claims, Frauds, and Hoaxes of the Occult and Supernatural, wrote "Knowledge of a future event or circumstance not obtained through inference or deduction, but by paranormal means."[2]

[edit] History

J. W. Dunne, a British aeronautics engineer, undertook the first systematic study of precognition in the early twentieth century. In 1927, he published the classic An Experiment with Time, which contained his findings and theories.[citation needed] Dunne's study was based on his own precognitive dreams, which involved both trivial incidents in his own life and major news events appearing in the press the day after the dream. When first realizing that he was seeing the future in his dreams, Dunne worried that he was "a freak." His worries soon eased when he discovered that precognitive dreams are common; he concluded that many people have them without realizing it, perhaps because they do not recall the details or fail to properly interpret the dream symbols.

Joseph Banks Rhine and Louisa Rhine began the next significant systematic research of precognition in the 1930s at the Parapsychology Laboratory at Duke University.[citation needed] Rhine used card-guessing experiments in which the participant was asked to record his guess of the order of a card deck before the deck was shuffled.

London psychiatrist J. A. Barker established the British Premonitions Bureau in 1967, which collected precognitive data in order to provide an early warning system of impending disasters. Barker succeeded in finding a number of "human seismographs" who tuned in regularly to disasters, but were unable to accurately pinpoint the times.

The Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research Lab began in 1979 with precognitive experiments have since been done in a variety of formats by various parapsychologists, for example by the remote viewing researchers. This facility is now closed.

[edit] Precognition in fiction

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    * A precog is a shorthand for a fictional precognitive, who has an ability to foresee future happenings, or it may refer to the precognitive vision itself. The nickname is often featured in the stories by Philip K. d**k, such as Minority Report and is popular amongst the poker playing community where precogpoker players are identified by the prefacing of their screenname with the term "cog" e.g. cogAA.

    * Dream Girl of the Legion of Super-Heroes is from Naltor, an entire planet of precogs.

    * Jedi Knights, depending on their knowledge of the "force", often have precognition talents which lead to them to demonstrate adroit-reactions and dexterity, as they see physical changes in their environment before they happen and can anticipate them. Luke Skywalker sees his friends suffering, and Yoda tells him 'It is the future you see.' Precognition is also used in battle when Jedi use their lightsabers to deflect blaster bolts, often back to the person who fired them.

    * In the television series Lost, Desmond seems to obtain a form of precognition after using the fail safe key, in the research station "The Swan"

    * Spider-Man's "spider-sense" is a limited precognitive sense.

    * Destiny of the X-Men comics series has a precognitive sense.

    * Lilith of the Teen Titans comics series had a precognitive sense.

    * It appears briefly in White Palace, but is not a major plot element.

    * In the anime Weiss Kreuz (released in the U.S. as 'Knight Hunters'), Brad Crawford, the leader of opposing group Schwarz, has the gift of precognition. Accordingly, his little-used (or perhaps fan created) codename is "Oracle."

    * Rei Hino of Sailor Moon had precognitve sense due to her miko powers.

    * Maia Skouris, a child featured in The 4400. was sent back from the future with precognitive abilities, and is commonly referred to as a precog by other characters.

    * Precognition, and the implications of wielding a power like it, plays a significant role in Frank Herbert's Dune series.

    * Radar O'Reilly of the TV show M*A*S*H could always anticipate his commanding officer's requests, often walking in just before called, with the documents required already in hand. He was always aware of when the choppers were approaching.

    * Milo, a character in Dan Abnett's Gaunt's Ghost series, had similar abilities to predict incoming artillery barrages and superior officer's requests

    * Joanna Star, a magically transgendered cheerleader from The Wotch and The Wotch: Cheer!, seems to have psychic/precognitive abilities.

    * Stephen King uses precognition in some of his novels, most notably The Shining and The Dead Zone.

    * In The Dark Tower, possibly written by C. S. Lewis, the author explores the concepts of precognition and interdimensional travel.

    * In Stargate SG-1, the DNA Resequencer gave Jonas Quinn precognition.

    * In The Matrix, the Oracle and later Neo both appear to have precognitive abilities within the simulated reality. The exact nature of these abilities is questioned multiple times, but never fully explained.

    * In Supernatural, the television series, Sam Winchester has visions in the episode 'Nightmare.' At first he dreams of future events, which are followed by his having visions whilst still awake. Towards the end of the episode he also discovers he has telekinesis, and after seeing a vision of his brother being killed, he instinctively moves a large dresser out the way when trapped in a closet, and promptly goes off to save his brother's life.

    * In The Power of Five by Anthony Horowitz, the first of the five, Matt, could see into the future, but all his visions were of disasters.

    * In Final Destination, the character Alex has the ability to see disastrous events before they happen, particularly dealing with death of himself and people he knows. Firstly through visions, and later through signs, which girlfriend Clear Rivers is eventually able to do. This was the base of the next two films, with Kimberly Corman and Wendy Christenson also having precognitive sense. Additionally, Wendy's pictures from her cameras reflected the subject's forecoming deaths.

    * In Clamp's short-lived manga series Legal Drug, Kakei, the owner of Green Drugstore, has the ability to see visions. Whether or not he can control these is unknown. His lover, Saiga, also refers to him as a precog.

    * In Charmed , Phoebe one of the witch sisters, has the power to see the future and past through premonitions, usually unintentionally brought on by physical contact with an object or person. This power was inherited from her ancestor Melinda Warren and has also been displayed by demons such as The Seers and The Crone.

    * In Heroes, Isaac Mendez has the ability to see and paint pictures from the future. Later, both Peter Petrelli and Sylar acquire this ability.

    * On Terry Pratchett's Discworld, Mrs Cake is a Medium (verging on small) who has the disconcerting habit of answering questions before they're asked.

    See also Category:Fictional characters with precognition

    * Princess Zelda from The Legend of Zelda series has the ability to feel and see things before they happen. An example of this is when in Ocarina of Time she had a dream about some dark clouds which covered Hyrule and a child glowing in green make them disappear. It is obvious that the clouds symbolize Ganondorf while the child is Link (Legend of Zelda series)

    * Raven Baxter from That's So Raven has the ability to see future events, which is a main focus of the show. These occur suddenly and unpredictably to Raven, who then feels compelled to change the future to either avoid or to cause these events to occur.

    * Doctor John Vattic from Second Sight eventually finds out his last psychic power is Precognition, which explains why he has been mentally visiting the 'possible future' (previously thought to be the present) and changing it through his actions in the present.

    * In the DragonBall Z series, Goku's biological father, Bardock is also "cursed" with precognitive sense by a warrior from the Planet Kannasa.

    * In the videogame StarFox, Crystal is said to have psychic powers, but it is not the main focus of the game.

ESP can mean:

In the paranormal:

    * Extra-sensory perception, a paranormal ability

    * Effective Sensory Projection, a term used in the Silva Method

In music:

    * E.S.P. (Miles Davis album), an album by Miles Davis

    * E.S.P. (Bee Gees album), an album by the Bee Gees. Title track, E.S.P

    * The Electric Soft Parade, a British band

    * ESP-Disk, a 1960s free jazz record label based in New York

    * ESP Guitars, manufacturer of electric guitars

    * Inertiatic ESP, a term used by the band The Mars Volta

In technology:

    * Electronic skip protection in portable CD players

    * Electronic stability program, also known as "Electronic Skid Prevention", a braking system for cars

    * Electrostatic precipitator, a device that removes particles from a flowing gas

    * IP Encapsulating Security Payload, an encryption protocol and part of the IPsec suite

    * Escapade, or "ESP" for short, a server-side scripting language

    * Electro Selective Pattern, Olympus proprietary metering technology for digital cameras

    * Event Stream Processing, technology that acts on data streams

    * Electrical submersible pump, part of an offshore well artificial lift system employing a downhole centrifugal pump

    * E-mail service provider, a company that specializes in outsourced e-mail services

    * Embedded Server Pages, an embeddable web page creation environment

    * Extended stack pointer in Intel IA-32 (x86/32-bit) assembler

    * Elder Scrolls plugin, the .ESP file format used in the computer game "Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind"

In business:

    * Spanish peseta, the ISO 4217 code for the former currency of Spain

    * Easy Software Products, a software development company

    * Energy Service Provider, a company supplying an outsourced energy management service

    * Entertainment Software Publishing, a Japanese video game publisher

    * Enterprise search platform, a product from the FAST corporation

    * Enhanced services provider, a company providing value-added telecommunications services

    * Enterprise Security Planning, a security planning technique used in large organizations

    * Enterprise solution partner, term used in Computer Associates' business partner alliance

    * Enterprise strategy planning, a management approach to redevelopment of traditional and e-business processes

    * Enterprise systems platform, Cybermation's computer process scheduling product

    * Environmental Systems Products, a company specializes in vehicle emission and safety devices

    * External service provider, a company supplying an outsourced business service

In education:

    * Education support professional, assistants for special needs students in North America

    * English for special purposes, a subset of English language learning and teaching

    * Exam study party, a study activity

Other uses:

    * Equally spaced polynomial in mathematics

    * Emerging Scholars Program, an honors program at the University of Texas at Austin

    * Español, the Spanish language

    * ISO 3166-1, the 3-letter ISO code for Spain

    * Eurosport, a sports channel

Answer 12

With precognition, i can tell if i'm going to get ESP.  With ESP i can tell if somebody thinks i have precognition.