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the belief that everything that will happen has already been predetermined and cannot be changed
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Entertainment Score: 7 Science Score: 9 Arrival (2016) Enlarge / Denis Villeneuve's first foray into sci-fi offers a fun twist on the ancient idea of prophesy or predestination.
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Jennifer Ouellette and Sean M. Carroll, Ars Technica, 24 Nov. 2023
In a place where both psychohistory and predestination exist, how much does personal choice matter?
—Marah Eakin, WIRED, 14 July 2023
Weber pointed in particular to the Calvinist notion of predestination—the belief that God decided whether each individual would be saved or damned before the person was even born.
—Benjamin M. Friedman, WSJ, 14 Jan. 2021
None of this amounts to spiritual predestination.
—Osita Nwanevu, The New Republic, 24 Aug. 2021
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Jennifer Ouellette and Sean M. Carroll, Ars Technica, 24 Nov. 2023
In a place where both psychohistory and predestination exist, how much does personal choice matter?
—Marah Eakin, WIRED, 14 July 2023
Weber pointed in particular to the Calvinist notion of predestination—the belief that God decided whether each individual would be saved or damned before the person was even born.
—Benjamin M. Friedman, WSJ, 14 Jan. 2021
None of this amounts to spiritual predestination.
—Osita Nwanevu, The New Republic, 24 Aug. 2021
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In a sign of the times, the AI boom is poised to resurrect Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania, the site of the worst nuclear accident in U.S. history.Prarthana Prakash, Fortune, 26 Nov. 2024
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The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the accident.Maria Aguilar Prieto, CNN, 26 Nov. 2024
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Dating back to classical antiquity, the idea that a soothsayer can tell something about a person’s health, disposition, or destiny from the lines on their palm has long fascinated seers and scientists alike.The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 30 Oct. 2024
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Some of these connections may feel like more than a chance encounter, particularly around November 16, when Venus squares the lunar nodes and advances the plot through a subtle date with destiny.Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Oct. 2024
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Fire hazards can significantly vary depending on numerous factors such as the kind of event, crowd size, technological applications, even simple factors like an open flame or fireworks display.Kyle Russell, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
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Note: Never place foil directly onto the bottom of your oven; this is a safety hazard. 6.Darcy Lenz, Southern Living, 21 Nov. 2024
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Up to Thanksgiving day, our whole family had no luck.Ben East, Outdoor Life, 28 Nov. 2024
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But while airfares are higher around the holidays, travelers looking for last-minute deals aren’t entirely out of luck.Nathan Diller, USA TODAY, 27 Nov. 2024
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After his sudden death, the fate of the show — which also stars Nicole Scherzinger, Kelly Rowland and AJ McLean as host — remains unclear.Daniela Avila, People.com, 20 Nov. 2024
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All the noir elements are here, obsession, desire, fate, all the classic characters, visual keys and thematic threads, but reimagined, remade to explore one central question – will the youth of today cave in to conformity, or turn the world on its head?Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 19 Nov. 2024
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This wasn’t by happenstance; it was made possible through rezoning by city leaders and on the coattails of a crackdown on local gangs and a long-term, $1.4-billion river revitalization project.Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024
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As for Apple Intelligence, being inattentive to disability vis-a-vis accessibility to instead push a juicy, fatalistic narrative about Apple playing catchup isn’t happenstance either.Steven Aquino, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
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Meanwhile, a court in China sentenced Sun to death in 2022 for taking bribes, with the chance that the sentence be reduced to life in prison without parole.Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 27 Nov. 2024
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People with the gene have about an 80 percent chance of developing diffuse stomach cancer.Wendy Grossman Kantor, People.com, 27 Nov. 2024
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For instance, using Instagram for one minute produces around 1.5g of CO₂, which accumulates rapidly during hours of doom scrolling.Monica Sanders, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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Sign up for Tech Policy Vibes for digital health deals improve after slump After two years of doom and gloom, digital health deals are showing signs of life, with venture capital firms making more focused bets and interest rate cuts rekindling some of the COVID-era optimism around the sector.Claire Rychlewski, Axios, 22 Oct. 2024
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“Predestination.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/predestination. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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