precogs
Psychics predicting crimes
Precogs are people with precognition—the ability to perceive future events before they occur.
The term comes from science fiction, particularly Philip K.
Dick's story "The Minority Report," where precogs are humans whose visions of future crimes enable preemptive arrests.
The precogs predicted the murder three days in advance.
Outside fiction, precog refers to anyone claiming prophetic abilities.
Extrasensory perception ability
- telepathyDirect mental communication
- ESPParanormal mental faculty
- mentalistSupposed thought reader
- giftedGiven as present
sensitives · seers · oracles · paranormal · supernatural · channeling · mediumship · intuition
Imagined or prophetic sights
- premonitionsIntuitive feelings about future events
- foreknowledgeAwareness of future events
- prescienceKnowledge of future events
- foresightAbility to anticipate futures
Name meaning "good"
- ArthurClassic male name
- precrimePunishment before the act
- TempleNamed religious structure
- dystopiaImaginary terrible society
Dashiell · cyberpunk · androids · neuroscience · determinism
Doctrine of causal necessity
- predestinationDivinely predetermined fate
- fatePredetermined course of events
- choiceAct of selecting
- agencyPower to act
certainty · inevitability · paradox · causality · predetermined · predetermination
clairvoyance
Extrasensory perception ability
gifted · sensitives · seers · oracles · paranormal · supernatural · channeling · mediumship · intuition · premonition
visions
Imagined or prophetic sights
- premonitionsIntuitive feelings about future events
- foreknowledgeAwareness of future events
- prescienceKnowledge of future events
Agatha
Name meaning "good"
Dashiell · dystopia · cyberpunk · androids · neuroscience · determinism
determinism
Doctrine of causal necessity
- predestinationDivinely predetermined fate
- fatePredetermined course of events
- choiceAct of selecting
agency · certainty · inevitability · paradox · causality · predetermined · predetermination
- paranormalistspsychic, medium, parapsychologist, clairvoyant, sensitive
- superhumanssuperhumans, metahumans, superheroes, supervillains, mutants
- Philip K. DickA Scanner Darkly, Blade Runner, replicants, replicant, androids
precogshistorians
Scholars of the past
chroniclers · antiquarians · archivists · memoirists · archaeologists
precogsempiricists
Philosophers favoring sensory knowledge
investigators · detectives · researchers · scientists · skeptics