Unfortunately, precogs (people with precognitive ability) all confirm that their special abilities aren't catch-all gifts where they can blink an eye and have any information they ever could possibly want. It's like the lame, over-played joke: "If you're really a psychic, then you already know my name, don't you?".

Har har har.

Many precogs find that the visions (or in the case of of clairaudients, the things they hear) are not only random and uncontrollable, but also usually warnings of negative events or the ability to sense things that have already happened. Many consider it a curse and don't want anyone to know about it.

An example of how the "gift" might work for some, is that they feel a sudden rush of energy and see a vision after touching an inanimate object that is "charged". Some see their visions in dreams. Some have uncontrollable flashes. But I've never heard of a single one (that was half-way legitimate and not laughable) who said they could look in a crystal ball and get any answer to any question.

If they could, why wouldn't all the richest and most powerful people in the world be psychics?
Why wouldn't we cower in fear of them?
Why wouldn't we be slaves to their power?

Any precogs who try to claim they can see your future with any degree of certainty are most likely lying. I don't blame people for being distrustful of con artists, but remember that there ARE real precogs out there. They just might not be on late night tv.

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