# Precognition
Type: Trivia Card | Deck: Psychic Phenomena | Rarity: Common
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# Precognition
Type: Trivia Card | Deck: Psychic Phenomena | Rarity: Common

Precognition is the claimed ability to perceive or predict future events before they occur. While dismissed by skeptics as coincidence or selective memory bias, the phenomenon has been studied scientifically and features prominently in historical anecdotes spanning millennia.

Key facts:
- Abraham Lincoln reportedly dreamed of his assassination days before his death in 1865, describing finding his own corpse in the White House East Room
- Following the 1966 Aberfan disaster (144 deaths from coal waste avalanche in Wales), psychiatrist John Barker documented 60+ individuals claiming precognitive dreams about the tragedy
- J.B. Rhine conducted thousands of card-guessing experiments at Duke University in the 1930s, finding some subjects scored consistently above statistical chance
- Recent research explores "presentiment"—physiological reactions occurring seconds before future emotional events
- Scientific consensus remains skeptical; results from controlled studies show mixed and controversial findings

## Trivia Questions

Q1: According to the description, what specific detail did Abraham Lincoln reportedly see in his precognitive dream about his assassination?
A: A funeral procession outside the White House

Q2: How many people did British psychiatrist John Barker document as having precognitive experiences about the Aberfan disaster?
A: Over 30 people

Q3: What is the scientific term for the controversial concept that our bodies might physically react to future emotional events before they occur?
A: Presentiment

Q4: Which researcher conducted thousands of card-guessing experiments at Duke University in the 1930s to test precognition?
A: John Barker

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