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A '''prediction''' is a statement or claim that a particular [[event]] will occur in the future in more certain terms than a forecast. The etymology of the word is Latin (præ-, "before," and dicere, "to say"). Howard H. Stevenson writes: "Prediction is at least two [[things]]: Important and hard." Important, because we have to [[act]], and hard because we have to [[realize]] the future we want, and what is the best way to get there.[1]

A '''prediction''' is a statement or claim that a particular [[event]] will occur in the future in more certain terms than a forecast. The etymology of the word is Latin (præ-, "before," and dicere, "to say"). Howard H. Stevenson writes: "Prediction is at least two [[things]]: Important and hard." Important, because we have to [[act]], and hard because we have to [[realize]] the future we want, and what is the best way to get there.[1]

<center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''Prediction''''', follow [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Prediction this link].</center>

<center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''Prediction''''', follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Prediction this link].</center>

==Informal prediction from hypothesis==

==Informal prediction from hypothesis==

What could the doctors do to avoid the factor? Semmelweis predicted that, if the doctors were to wash their hands, then the cadaver factor would be avoided. Semmelweis therefore instructed the student doctors to wash their hands, and the women who were attended by the doctors survived. Thus his prediction was successful, and his hypothesis was validated. (Semmelweis, 1861. The Etiology, Understanding, and Prophylaxis of Childbed Fever)

What could the doctors do to avoid the factor? Semmelweis predicted that, if the doctors were to wash their hands, then the cadaver factor would be avoided. Semmelweis therefore instructed the student doctors to wash their hands, and the women who were attended by the doctors survived. Thus his prediction was successful, and his hypothesis was validated. (Semmelweis, 1861. The Etiology, Understanding, and Prophylaxis of Childbed Fever)

Other examples abound in the history of science, ranging from expected predictions which did not occur (such as the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelson-Morley_experiment Michelson-Morley experiment]) to new and [[radical]] predictions which shockingly confirmed one theory over another (such as the bending of [[light]] around the sun seen in the 1919 eclipse, a prediction of [[Albert Einstein]]'s theory of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Relativity#GENERAL_RELATIVITY General relativity]).

Other examples abound in the history of science, ranging from expected predictions which did not occur (such as the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelson-Morley_experiment Michelson-Morley experiment]) to new and [[radical]] predictions which shockingly confirmed one theory over another (such as the bending of [[light]] around the sun seen in the 1919 eclipse, a prediction of [[Albert Einstein]]'s theory of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Relativity#GENERAL_RELATIVITY General relativity]).

==Vision and prophecy==

==Vision and prophecy==

In [[literature]], [[vision]] and [[prophecy]] are literary devices used to present a possible [[timeline]] of future [[events]]. They can be distinguished by vision referring to what an [[individual]] sees happen. The [[New Testament]] book of [[Book of Revelation|Revelation]] (Bible) thus uses vision as a literary device in this regard. It is also prophecy or prophetic literature when it is related by an individual in a sermon or other [[public]] forum.

In [[literature]], [[vision]] and [[prophecy]] are literary devices used to present a possible [[timeline]] of future [[events]]. They can be distinguished by vision referring to what an [[individual]] sees happen. The [[New Testament]] book of [[Book of Revelation|Revelation]] (Bible) thus uses vision as a literary device in this regard. It is also prophecy or prophetic literature when it is related by an individual in a sermon or other [[public]] forum.