Talk:Pinkie Pie/@comment-4354737-20110827094116

I just had an epiphany.

Pinkie Pie can not just predict the future, she can actually see the future.

I believe that many of her problem solving skills actually comes from her seeing the actual future, and that the Pinkie Pie Sense is only a side effect of this ability. As an example, in "Swarm of the Century" the reason she already knows about the parasprites and how to get rid of them is not because of her knowledge of foreign matters, but because she can see herself getting rid of the parasprites by polka music in the future. Another example is her ability to find the right books at the right time, which can also be explained by her ability to see the future. She also knows that Twilight is following her in "Feeling Pinkie Keen".

Precisely how she does this I do not know. But it only seems reasonable that Earth ponies also have some special abilities, like the pegasus-type ponies ability to fly and walk on clouds, and the unicorn pony's ability to do magic, even though it is only a few who have this ability.

For reference see the Doctor Who mini-episode "Time Crash" in which the tenth doctor solves a problem by remembering being the fifth doctor seeing the tenth doctor solve the problem (its not as confusing as it sounds). This also happens in "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure". Bill and Ted knows Rufus' name by being told by their future self. Not exactly the same, but close.