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"That is because these things are outside of our control, and nothing to do with free will. I think it was assumed that the "prediction" involved was somehtign regarding human actions."
Hmm, again, I say it is an issue of scale. Our hypothetical being sees a vision of the future. The results of every action taken by every human on the planet for the next 40 years bring about the future 40 years from now. It is as beyond our (meaning us as individauls) control as the heat death of the universe. If we are influencial, we may exert some minor pull, but in the end, we are not that meaningful.
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