Minority Report

"Minority Report" is a science fiction short story by Philip K. Dick first published in 1956. It is about a future society where murders are prevented before they happen through the efforts of "Precogs", three extraordinarily advanced individuals who can see the future.

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Science fiction - Short story - Philip K. Dick - 1956 - Precog

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The story looks at the paradoxes and alternate realities that are created by their precognition when the chief of police intercepts a prediction that he is about to murder a man he has never heard of.

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Paradox - Police

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Like many time travel stories, "Minority Report" raises the question of the existence of free will.

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Time travel - Free will

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