Ok, I'll play the game without discussing the philosophical loopholes of seeing into the future and altering the future just by the fact that you've seen in it....
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Originally Posted by viLky
If you had the ability to see glimpses of the future, would you tell anybody? 
Let me set it up so it makes more sense. If you were able to see into somebody's future (whoever you focused on) and saw a glimpse of their future, would you tell them about it? Add on: would you tell them if they DID want to know? Would you tell them if they DIDN'T want to know? |
Depends on what I saw. If I see for example whether someone was going to win the lottery, I'd keep it a secret. The surprise part of it is part of the fun. I would probably lead the person into thinking about effectively handling money before that happens. If it's something dangerous and could have been avoided, I would warn the person whether they want to know it or not.
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If you did decide to tell them, and they decided to change it due to not liking the future, it would create a new future for them that could either be worst or better. Now, with that in play, would you tell anybody their future now? Did that make sense? 
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I would still say (based on my conditions I've stated earlier). It's part of the pain-in-the-arse burden that people who can see the future has to carry. I think I won't be able to live with something bad happening knowing I could have warned the person. If my telling led them to change it for the worst, I'll just warn them again.
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If you want to get specific, would you be willing to tell family more than friends? Willing to tell e-friends rather than family? Willing to tell public figures rather than everybody else? Aw, the possibilities!
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Close family and friends (e-friends included). I don't care much for strangers unless the stranger has a big impact on a large group of people (that I perceive, I mean if they're strangers how would I really know).