Definition
Plain language
The claimed ability to sense events before they happen.
As stated in the literature
Purported retrocausal information transfer; the target phenomenon in Bem's experiments, which failed systematic replication.
Why it matters: Because there is no known mechanism for it, results supporting it are a useful signal that something is wrong with the method rather than with physics.
For example, a study might test whether people can guess which of two images a computer will randomly display a few seconds later.
Heard on the show
“And on Bem's precognition work it cited the failed replications, then designed a tenth precognition experiment.”Episode 240 — Frontier Models Designed Follow-Ups To Fraudulent Papers 93% Of The Time