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“The inevitability of things prophesied is one factor that has always made prophecy so taboo, something not to be toyed with and thus somewhat fearful. After all, it is from the future that death and downfall ultimately arrive—nothing good.

Thus in a world gripped by fate’s time-looping iron law, writers of tragedies did not depict the ability to see the future as a possible "superpower" or as a way of improving an individual’s fortunes, the way modern writers about “developing your ESP powers” or "honing your intuition” might. Stories like that of Oedipus highlight the tragic folly of trying to evade or avoid something foreseen by an oracle, and those prophecies are generally ominous.

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- Eric Wargo, Time Loops

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“The inevitability of things prophesied is one factor that has always made prophecy so taboo, something not to be toyed with and thus somewhat fearful. After all, it is from the future that death and downfall ultimately arrive—nothing good.

Thus in a world gripped by fate’s time-looping iron law, writers of tragedies did not depict the ability to see the future as a possible "superpower" or as a way of improving an individual’s fortunes, the way modern writers about “developing your ESP powers” or "honing your intuition” might. Stories like that of Oedipus highlight the tragic folly of trying to evade or avoid something foreseen by an oracle, and those prophecies are generally ominous.

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- Eric Wargo, Time Loops