faustus (02/12/83)
But then wasn't there some primary in New Hampshire that had sucessfully predicted every presidential election for 150 years or something like that? George Bush won that one. Just shows that you can't trust trends like this. Wayne Christopher
hdt (02/14/83)
Actually, the prophesy about Reagan has already come true. We simply noticed that the pattern from 1840-1960 has had the President-elect dying in office. Perhaps the pattern is simply being shot at, of which being shot at and killed is merely a special case. It was Dr. Matrix, thru Martin Gardners Scientific American column, who first claimed to noticed this pattern, and the surprising similarities in Kennedy and Lincolns' assassinations.