Precognition (from the Latin præ-, ?prior to,? + cognitio, ?a getting to know?) denotes a form of extra-sensory perception where in a person is said to perceive information about places or events through paranormal means before they happen.[LINK: http://parapsych.org/glossary_l_r.html] Parapsychological Association: Glossary of Key Words Frequently Used in Parapsychology (2006-12-24) A related term, presentiment, refers to information about future events which is said to be perceived as emotions. These terms are considered by some to be special cases of the more general term clairvoyance. Those skeptical of the existence of precognition and other forms of ESP believe it to be the result of fraud or self-delusion and contend that selection bias is the cause of the belief that one has precognition where individuals remember the "hits" and forget the "misses". Skeptics contend that the human memory

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