Magic 8 Ball
Plastic decision toy
A Magic 8 Ball is a fortune-telling toy shaped like an oversized billiard ball.
You ask it a yes-or-no question, shake it, and a random answer floats up in a window: "Ask again later," "Signs point to yes," "Don't count on it." The name has become shorthand for any arbitrary or unhelpful decision-making method: Might as well consult a Magic 8 Ball.
- fortuneWealth or destiny
- fortune tellerOne who predicts futures
- predictionForecast of coming events
- toyObject for amusement
- shakeTrembling or blended treat
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Magic 8 Ballscientific method
Structured process for investigation
cost-benefit analysis · actuarial tables · due diligence · data analysis · risk assessment
Magic 8 Ballbiblical prophecy
Religious predictions from scripture
Nostradamus · tarot reading · prophetic vision · divine revelation · augury
Magic 8 Ballscientific consensus
Prevailing expert judgment
mathematical proof · incontrovertible evidence · smoking gun
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