Predictive power

Late yesterday, commentating for Sky Sports, Michael Atherton observed that the following morning's papers would be saying that England have done it again - wasted a good start. Uncannily, this morning in The Times there's this:

As at Cardiff, England did not exactly have a bad opening day, but they did not have a great one, either, wasting a gilt-edged opportunity to hammer a nail in the coffin of Australia’s bowling...

Remembering his own prediction, Athers helps to confirm it. Imagine if life were more generally like that and you could make your forecasts come true.