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Self-Defeating Prophecy

I had Chinese food for lunch. This was my fortune:

You will receive an unexpected gift.

If I do indeed receive a gift, won't it now be expected?

Published Tuesday, June 29, 2004 2:41 PM by dougl
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# re: Self-Defeating Prophecy

Tuesday, June 29, 2004 3:05 PM by ben
You should finish every fortune you read with "on a toilet".

# RE: Self-Defeating Prophecy

Tuesday, June 29, 2004 3:16 PM by james
or, "in bed"

# re: Self-Defeating Prophecy

Tuesday, June 29, 2004 4:25 PM by Matt
No. Because you will actually receive two gifts. The first one will seem to fulfill the fortune, so you won't be expecting the second one. Then all of a sudden, whamo, there it is all unexpected like.

Of course, two parking tickets in the same day sort of sucks.

# re: Self-Defeating Prophecy

Tuesday, June 29, 2004 10:05 PM by Uwe
Maybe you'll get Schrödinger's Cat?

http://www.npl.washington.edu/npl/int_rep/tiqm/TI_fig_09.html
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