The bad news for prophecy believers?

对这些信徒来说，坏消息是什么呢？

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Forecasting should not be viewed as a substitute for prophecy but rather as the best way of identifying and extrapolating established patterns or relationships in order to forecast.

预测为了要预测，为预言但是宁可不应该被同样地看一位替代如识别而且外推法确定的式样或关系的最好方法。

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Now, of course, all dogs had been kept away from him for fear that the fairies' prophecy should come true, and he had never even seen one before.

当然，以防小妖精的预言成真，人们一直让所有的狗都离他远远的，因此他甚至从来没有见过小狗。

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There is the potential here for a self-fulfilling prophecy, in the manner of a bank run.

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Cross examining her for the defence, Michael Wood QC, asked her why it had taken so long for her to mention her sister's "prophecy".

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Yates even expected to be executed, Resnick said, and her death would fulfill her delusional prophecy, as she believed Satan already had won the battle for her soul.

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