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Freaky The Economist
May 27, 2006 · Mustapha Hamoui

How do you define “Prescient?”
I noticed that The Economist Magazine (it calls itself a newspaper) has a weird knack for predicting Major natural disasters. In December 2004, just a few days before the Asian Tsunami, this is what its cover looked like:

And as if that weren’t enough, today, I read in this week’s edition an article about Indonesia where they wrote: “the sprawling Indonesian archipelago remains vulnerable to all sorts of natural disasters, from volcanoes, earthquakes and tsunamis to outbreaks of deadly diseases”
Imagine my surprise when I later check the internet and read: “3000 Die in Indonesian Quake!”
Conclusion: If The Economist predicts a disaster in your area, just leave..