Andy Dunn

The prescience of the founding fathers continues to astonish me. They were freedom fighters. They made America. They gave us this magical country. They also were slaveowners - which is confusing to their legacy. How could such brilliant men have only secured freedom for themselves, but not their wives or their slaves?

American Businessman

Dan Hill

Much as my Boomer friends will hate me for saying this, Kanye West is the New Dylan. Not only do Kanye's best lyrics match Dylan's prescience, highly inventive word-play and genius for storytelling, his indefatigable cockiness eerily channels Muhammad Ali.

Canadian Musician

John Burns

In this work I have received the opposition of a number of men who only advocate the unobtainable because the immediately possible is beyond their moral courage, administrative ability, and their political prescience.

English Activist

Barry Ritholtz

No one knows what the top-performing asset class will be next year. Lacking this prescience, your next-best solution is to own all of the classes and rebalance regularly.

American Author

Heidi Hammel

Technological prescience in science fiction usually requires an author with luck. Societal prescience requires a poet.

American Scientist

The term 'prescience' is often used figuratively, rather than implying actual supernatural abilities.

Not Literal

'Prescience' typically implies a positive skill, often associated with wisdom or intelligence.

Positive Connotation

Use 'prescience' to convey insight or foresight in a particular field, not necessarily predicting the future.

Metaphorical Use

 While people have noted her prescience, Butler was also interested in re-examining history. For instance, "Kindred" tells the story of a woman who is repeatedly pulled back in time to the Maryland plantation of her ancestors. Early on, she learns that her mission is to save the life of the white man who will rape her great grandmother.