On Fri, 28 Jan 2011 07:49:33 -0700, Patrick Elliott wrote:

> Only if everyone that does so wins the lotto. 

Well, I was being very simplistic - it probably wouldn't be stated as 
"you will win the lotto" but something more generic - "you will come into 
some cash".  That's how that sort of thing actually is done.

So someone who wins the lotto will see it as predicting their winning the 
lotto.  Someone who finds $20 on the street will see that as being 
confirmation that it was "predicted".

> Otherwise, not so much.
> Its also rather fiddly. Some morons will take nearly anything as an
> example of "success".

So, are you saying that being optimistic is moronic?  Because after all, 
optimists tend to take what they see that's positive as a sign of success.

Jim

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