Entrepreneurs function as prophets, if sometimes only in a minor way, and this distinguishes them from mere speculators. Prophecy, not a scientific venture, is distinct from prediction in that it is designed mainly to elicit response; and the dynamics of response to prophecy are complex. Bubbles are shown to be typical if not inevitable products of entrepreneurial prophecy. By recasting the pre...

the question has always been raised throughout history whether human beings need to follow the prophets or divine revelation to achieve salvation. there will be no need, as some believe, to follow divine teachings once human beings reach intellectual maturity; however, others insist on the permanent need for guidance from god due to inadequacy of human reason. in the third or fourth century ah,...

“Self-Fulfilling Prophecy” or Recognition Requires a Concept of Perception To the Editor: The NINDS rt-PA Stroke Trial did not prospectively assess quantity and quality of ischemic brain parenchyma as detected by baseline CT.1 In this trial, no CT reading panel graded CT scans on the basis of predefined definitions. Now the trialists hypothesized that there would be disagreement among them abou...

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This research examined moderators of naturally occurring self-fulfilling prophecies. The authors assessed whether positive or negative self-fulfilling prophecies were more powerful and whether some targets were more susceptible to self-fulfilling prophecies because of their self-concepts in a particular achievement domain and previous academic records. Participants were 98 teachers and 1,539 st...

Adolescents' negative social expectations of their peers were examined as long-term predictors of problematic self-reported social functioning. Early adolescent negative expectations were hypothesized to predict risk-averse functioning in late adolescence that would ultimately contribute to confirmation of those expectations. Utilizing observational data and friend- and self-reports from a comm...

Headache, vomiting ana papilloedema, these according to Wheeler & Jack's Handbook of Medicine, were the cardinal features of cerebral tumour, but the authors quickly tired of the subject after a page or two, and not knowing what papilloedema was, so did we, clinical clerks in the early thirties fresh from the Medical School with our new stethoscopes and clean white coats. Looking back, this was...

HYPOTENSION during spinal anesthesia for cesarean delivery has been of concern since the 1960s. Along with multiple strategies aimed at treating or preventing hypotension, some investigators have attempted to identify patients more likely to have hypotension in the hopes of targeting treatment. In this issue of ANESTHESIOLOGY, Hanss et al. report that measurement of heart rate variability (HRV)...