Ethan Dreams That One of His Teachers Is Giving a Test

question 26

Multiple Choice

Ethan dreams that one of his teachers is giving a test and he has forgotten to study.When he gets to math class the next day,his teacher announces a pop quiz.Ethan wonders if he might be psychic.Which of the following is most likely to be true?

• A) Given the statistical probability of a dream and a life event coinciding,some dreams will seem to come true by sheer coincidence.
• B) The content of Ethan's dream may have been influenced by ongoing events in his life (e.g. ,knowing his teacher gives pop quizzes,knowing he had math class the next day).
• C) The dream and the real experience were not exactly the same,so the idea that Ethan is psychic isn't very accurate.
• D) All of these.