As a kid I always used to wonder how cool it would be to have the power to foretell the future. I wouldn't have had to slog in my school days preparing for exams since I would know how exactly the question paper would look like. How easy life would have been, isn't it? That was the primary motive behind my wish for precognition back then. As i grew, the nature of the motive also kept changing. I started wishing for the power to predict the future so that I would know whom I would be getting married to, so that I can start spending more time with that person instead of wasting time with other girls hoping one of them would end up being my life partner. If i have the power of precognition, i could use it my everyday life!! I am sure it isn't just me who ever thought about this idea. It would have ran through the minds of all human beings on the face of this planet.Then I started thinking more. What if there is a person somwhere in this universe, let's call him GOD for the time being, who have the ability to answer the prayers of humans. And let's assume that all of us came to know about the existence of this GOD. I can quite confidently say that we all would slog our ass day in and day out to impress the GOD and somehow inject our wishes into his priority list. You would have all kinds of wishes in that list including a wish for having a billion dollar in your bank account, wish for having all kinds of fancy and nice cars in your garage, wish for having the most beautiful girl(s) in the world for you (I definitely have this one in mine :) ), and so on. And, quite certainly, one common wish you would find in most of the wish lists would be the wish for having the power to predict the future.
Now let's assume that GOD is a very kind and generous person. One day he decideds to grant to mankind all their wishes, and we now have the ability to see the future. I put in somemore thought to imagine what would happen if such a thing happens in the world someday. Say, if you know that you are going to do well in your forthcoming exams, why would you waste any of your time preparing for the exam? You would just sit back and relax waiting for the good result to come your way. Am i right? That is the nature of human beings. That is how we are designed to function. So, what would happen here is; my ability to se the future will lead to inaction in the present. Now let's assume a collective scenario where everybody has a picute of how their future is going to be. This would certainly result in a collective inaction in the present.
Having lived in this world for all these years, we very well realize that life isn't very easy thing to deal with and nothing comes for free. We know that inactions in the present seldom give a positive result in the future. Having said that, what would the future look like once we get the power to predict the future? All the inactions in the present would result in a very dull future for all. At that point in time we all would start cursing ourselves for wishing for precognition and we would start putting in more effort to make sure that the future turns out to be something beautiful and bright.
So what do you think is happening here? You ability to predict the future will eventually result in you putting in more effort in the present than what you would have otherwise.
So, do you think precognition is a smart thing to wish for? Unless, the same GOD who granted you the wish will ensure that the future will look brighter for you in spit of all the inactions in the present.
You know what I think about it? I think GOD, if at all she/he/they exist, would definitely be kind and generous, but not stupid enough to grant you the power of precognition. :)
