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It’s fitting that you would quote Yeats, yet another guy who predicted an apocalypse that never came.
by IAmGraydon 2y ago
It’s fitting that you would quote Yeats, yet another guy who predicted an apocalypse that never came.
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- Terr_ 2y agoIt's a poem by a poet published right "the Great War", so I'm not sure what kind of predictive-standard you're trying to apply here. More generally, predicting a disaster is sometimes an important step in ensuring it never occurs. Self-negating prophecies can have high utility.