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Ten 100-year predictions that came true

Started by wjfox , Jan 11 2012 07:40 AM
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Posted 11 January 2012 - 07:40 AM

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Ten 100-year predictions that came true

In 1900, an American civil engineer called John Elfreth Watkins made a number of predictions about what the world would be like in 2000. How did he do?

As is customary at the start of a new year, the media has been full of predictions about what may happen in the months ahead.

But a much longer forecast made in 1900 by a relatively unknown engineer has been re-circulating in the past few days.

http://www.bbc.co.uk...gazine-16444966

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Posted 11 January 2012 - 10:51 AM

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Posted 12 January 2012 - 11:41 PM

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Posted 13 January 2012 - 07:25 AM

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Yeah, it's crazy how close to the mark he was on some of these, but predictions for the next century are going to be far more difficult IMO, what with the variables involved. Saying that the 20th century saw some drastic game changers, particularly the wars. Let's just hope we don't have any of those this century...
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Posted 13 January 2012 - 05:15 PM

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hahaha.......what really mattered in 1900 was the size of strawberry !! lol !

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Posted 16 January 2012 - 04:43 PM

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Well here's the public list of things that should be with us by 2112:

http://www.bbc.co.uk...gazine-16536598

Pretty poor list IMO...
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Posted 16 January 2012 - 05:01 PM

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http://www.bbc.co.uk...gazine-16536598


"Deserts will become tropical forests" ?

Would've thought it was the other way round...
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