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prophecy delivered in riddles so vague any outcome counts as a hit
means A person, place, or source believed to deliver wise or prophetic answers, especially one regarded as an infallible authority.
from From Latin oraculum, a divine pronouncement or the shrine where you'd go to get one, built on orare, 'to speak' or 'to plead' (the same root that gives us 'orator' and 'oration'). The original oracles were sacred sites like Delphi, where a priestess spoke for the god — so the word carries, at its core, the act of speaking, and the assumption that someone divine is doing the talking.
- divine high
- Delphi's priestess likely inhaled hallucinogenic gases from rock fissures
- booked solid
- Greeks waited months for one cryptic answer
- croesus burned
- misread prophecy cost a king his entire empire
- tech afterlife
- now a database giant worth hundreds of billions
oracle of delphi — ancient greek priestess who gave prophecies at the temple of apollo for over 1,000 years until 390 ad
oracle corporation — software company founded by larry ellison in 1977, now worth over $300 billion
oracle bones — inscribed animal bones used for divination in ancient china during the shang dynasty (1250-1050 bc)