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A SCP idea of an object that incorrectly predicts the future.

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CaptainIgnis 14 Jan 2015 01:48

The Idea of this SCP is an object (I am thinking either an oak ball that speaks or a computer of some sort) that can incorrectly predict the future. While the SCP's predictions are false, they all are falsely accurate. For example, if a person asks it, "Will the president win the election again?", and it answers yes, it means that the president will not win the election. How this happens, for example a low vote count or death, is not explained, though all of the reverse predictions will be true.

I still have to work on some things, like its class and how it could be contained, though is there anything wrong with this, or that I need to change?

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Cyclopian 14 Jan 2015 01:50

I don't know, it just seems too… powerful. Since it will always answer wrong, it essentially allows you to predict the answer to any yes/no answer by assuming the answer is whatever it didn't say.

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CaptainIgnis 14 Jan 2015 02:30

Yeah, and I've been trying to think of ways of balancing it out, like having a limited number of questions, or having an affect that makes people take it literally. If you have an Idea i'll take it

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Zyn 14 Jan 2015 02:56

…what if you ask it some sort of paradoxical question? Will it spontaneously combust?

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CaptainIgnis 14 Jan 2015 22:29

If normally asked, it could just respond with gibberish, as that is wrong is always wrong. Though if you anticipate this, it could possibly just combust, or technically anything to stop you from finding out. Might add this (For example, if a personal asked a paradoxical question, it could just fill the room with poisonous gas. Something like that)

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MrCobalt 15 Jan 2015 02:21

I think it should just give more detailed answers that indicate something that will not happen in the future, which could be a good or bad thing depending on the prediction. So it's less reverse psychology 20 questions and more that you need only be concerned when it stops foretelling doom upon you and your house.