How to Know my Future

By Alexander Rosacruz

Since the beginning of humanity, people have been interested in their future. Perhaps you want to reduce your anxiety, perhaps out of simple curiosity. There are multiple methods to reach that knowledge, some more scientific than others.
There may be people with the gift of clairvoyance, who possess this virtue by dint of faith, or who are lucky enough to hit the forecasts by chance or by some strange phenomenon of temporal-spatial synchronicity. The truth is that anticipating what the future holds for us can mean the possibility of executing some change in time to avoid some bad future or the pride of knowing that our choices are correct.
In this book, you will find the ways to achieve the answers that most concern you, or to help a loved one in your life.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Editorial Anuket
• Release date: Jul 9, 2023
• ISBN: 9798223169987

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Chapter 1

The history

to predict the future

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Humanity has been trying to predict what will happen in the future for centuries. However, even the most advanced technologies cannot solve the fundamental problems of this forecasting process. So what is the solution?

Predicting what will happen in the future, knowing what will happen to me in the future, and taking a position accordingly have been some of the greatest passions of people throughout history. While the source of these predictions in ancient times were seers and fortune tellers who were believed to have psychic powers, today we are trying to predict the future with much more advanced methods using supercomputers and artificial intelligence, and we can get more accurate results. But according to the historian of science Amanda Rees of the University of York, predictions made with these advanced technologies will be no more useful than prophecies based on ancient methods in terms of their contribution to humanity.

According to this scientist The future has a past. The good thing is that we can learn from this past. The downside is that we rarely take that class. Because, in fact, the past of the future clearly shows that knowing the future is not necessarily beneficial. But that still doesn't stop us from trying.

All over the world, from Mesopotamia to Manhattan, leaders sought to predict the future to gain strategic advantage. However, they often misunderstood what was said or misunderstood the speaker's political motives or lack of foresight. They also often chose to ignore predictions that forced them to face facts they didn't like. Even the technological innovations of the 21st century have not been able to solve these fundamental problems, because the accuracy of the results obtained with computer programs is ultimately proportional to the accuracy of the data entered.

It is assumed that the more scientific the method used in this matter, the more accurate the predictions will be. However, this assumption creates more problems than it solves, as it often ignores or fails to take into account the diversity of human experiences. Against this background, it is hard to believe that artificial intelligence will play an increasingly important role and that predictions based on more accurate and intelligent technologies will be more beneficial than other examples in human history.

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Math vs prophecy

People have tried to understand what the future will be like since the earliest civilizations. The methods used to predict and interpret the future have shown serious differences according to time and space. The most important difference lies in whether the prediction is made by someone with innate prophetic ability or by systems that make calculations within certain rules. For example, one of the ancient ways was based on the ability of seers and shamans to communicate with other dimensions of being. However, divination methods such as astrology, palmistry, numerology, and the Tarot depend on the ability of the practitioner to learn and interpret a system based on complex (and sometimes very mathematical) theoretical rules and adapt it to specific situations. It is possible to place methods such as dream interpretation or invocation based on experience, in part, somewhere between these two extreme examples. There are many examples of the use of both strategies to predict the future, both in the past and in the present.

On the other hand, some analysts have resorted to strategies based on collaborative forecasts instead of technological developments in their future forecasts. For example, polling public and personal opinion are based on a very simple principle: ask people what they think they should do or what will happen. The responses then need to be carefully interpreted, either quantitatively, such as voter orientation surveys, or through qualitative analysis, such as the Delphi technique. The Delphi strategy is based on exploiting the mind of a very specific audience. The main idea here is that discussion of a particular topic by a group of experts will produce more accurate results than individual estimates.

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Future predictions based on patterns and variables

As these strategies continue to evolve, two very different philosophies have emerged to predict the future of society, particularly at the global, national, and institutional levels. Each of these philosophies reflects different assumptions about the nature of the relationship between fate, variability, and the human element.

Evaluating past events as indicators of the future has led some forecasters to view human history as a set of patterns. Based on this segment, it was possible to look into the past and identify some clear loops or sequences of events and predict whether they might repeat themselves in the future. This idea arose from the success of the natural sciences in establishing general laws from aggregate empirical evidence. Among those who took this approach were scientists from Auguste Comte to Karl Marx, Oswald Spengler to Arnold Toynbee, from Nicolai