# "Strange Dreams" That Turn Out To Be True - Would You Lend Me An Ear And Believe Everything I Say? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 16, 2013, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-dreams-that-turn-out-to-be-true-would-you-lend-me-an-ear-and-believe-everything-i-say/661143 "2013-06-16T22:07:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2013, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-dreams-that-turn-out-to-be-true-would-you-lend-me-an-ear-and-believe-everything-i-say/661143/21 "2013-06-17T22:24:04Z")
> [@muldoonthief](#): > > Of _course_ fate is a cryptic dick. I’ve read enough SF and listened to enough Black Sabbath to realize that if you try to prevent a future disaster you’ll wind up being the cause of it. I don’t buy it. Sure, that’s a very common trope. But it is stupid and lazy and masochistic writing. It particularly annoys me in the Final Destination movies. If Death is supreme and inevitable and a stalker, what’s the point of the vision that warns you if you only get a temporary reprieve, or at best, a slightly longer reprieve filled with constantly being paranoid? If there was such a thing as prognostication, then it would also be useful. > [@muldoonthief](#): > > Oh, and I wouldn’t believe the **OP**. I’d assume he’s crazy and/or a liar who’s just making up the dream. Perhaps, but that notion is a thread killer. More interesting to treat it as a hypothetical. ---
**Author:** ![Battle\_Pope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2013, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-dreams-that-turn-out-to-be-true-would-you-lend-me-an-ear-and-believe-everything-i-say/661143/22 "2013-06-18T00:19:45Z")
> [@AHeinrich](#): > > In the last few scenes…and this is where is gets scary…I’m aware that it’s a couple of years (2015) after winning that jackpot…I’m stood somewhere in central London. There are lots of screams…lots of gunfire…lots of fighter jets flying around…lots of blood everywhere…some meteor-like objects raining down etc etc. It’s chaos - it’s madness and it looks to be war with “unknown enemy combatants”. I then wake up, drenched in sweat and shaking in fear. > \ > Thoughts? Sadness that Michael Bay is still making movies. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2013, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-dreams-that-turn-out-to-be-true-would-you-lend-me-an-ear-and-believe-everything-i-say/661143/23 "2013-06-18T01:05:22Z")
The Eleanor Williams thing doesn’t mean much. The mere fact that you looked her up on Facebook imposed a selection process that increased the odds you would find someone compatible. The name also imposes a selection–frankly, you dreamed someone _white_, not a woman from China or India or some other place that might decrease the odds. Also, the reality is that most people have some basic compatibility. Coming into a relationship expecting that it’ll work is itself a boon. The lottery thing is more compelling, but _someone’s_ got to win, and everyone is going to have some story about how they picked the numbers. Why is the fact that you dreamed the numbers more compelling than someone than someone who just picked them out of thin air? You’d only be crazy for believing these things actually have meaning. I certainly wouldn’t take heed of your warnings. ---
**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2013, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-dreams-that-turn-out-to-be-true-would-you-lend-me-an-ear-and-believe-everything-i-say/661143/24 "2013-06-18T12:41:34Z")
> [@AHeinrich](#): > > So, what do I do? Should I set up an interview with popular news media, alert them and try to prove that something big is going to happen in 2015? I show them that I’ve won the lottery and adamantly tell the world that I saw the numbers clearly and accurately in my dream. > > Would you therefore believe me when I talk about the last few scenes of my dream and try to warn you? Or would you think I’m crazy…crazy but lucky? Or would you just think it a coincidence and take no notice of my apocalyptic warnings…? FOOL! Don’t try to prevent it! Haven’t you ever read any Greek myths? Come on, man, this is clearly a self-fulfilling prophecy. If you try to stop it you’ll only make it happen! ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2013, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-dreams-that-turn-out-to-be-true-would-you-lend-me-an-ear-and-believe-everything-i-say/661143/25 "2013-06-18T13:39:50Z")
I received this message while driving in my car; it seemed to come out of thin air. I remember a deep voice saying quite clearly, “Past performance is no guarantee of future results” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-dreams-that-turn-out-to-be-true-would-you-lend-me-an-ear-and-believe-everything-i-say/661143.md?page=1)