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Ah, the confidence of predicting the future—so bold, so certain, so completely off the rails. These 40 predictions started out as serious statements but aged about as well as a warm glass of milk left in the sun.
“Found This In The Supply Closet(It’s A Box Of Plastic Bags)”
“Google In 1999 And Today Its Completely Opposite”
“”There Is No Reason Anyone Would Want A Computer In Their Home.” –Ken Olson, President, Chain-Nan And Founder Of Digital Equipment Corp., 1977″
“”Everything That Can Be Invented Has Been Invented.” – Charles H. Duell, Commissioner, U.S. Office Of Patents, 1899″
“An Old “Helpful” Tip In A Magazine”
“Lady Gaga Had A Hater Group”
“”This ‘telephone’ has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as a means of communication. The device is inherently of no value to us.” – A memo at Western Union, 1878 (or 1876).”
“Well This Didn’t Age Well”
“Found In A Local Thrift Shop”
“A Rocket Will Never Be Able To Leave The Earth’s Atmosphere.” New York Times, 1936
“There’s no chance that the iPhone is going to get any significant market share. Steve Ballmer, USA Today, April 30, 2007.”
“Comments About Computers From Long Ago”
“This Meme I Sent To A Friend On 21/12/19”
“It will be gone by June.- Variety, passing judgement on rock ‘n roll in 1955”
“”Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons.” – Popular Mechanics, forecasting the relentless march of science, 1949″
“Movies are a fad. Audiences really want to see live actors on a stage.” – Charlie Chaplin
“Prediction From 1913”
“Quote From Ellen In A Book My Daughter Is Reading”
“”X-Rays will prove to be a hoax.” – Lord Kelvin, President of the Royal Society, 1883″
“”There is nothing new to be discovered in physics now; All that remains is more and more precise measurement.” – Lord Kelvin, speaking to the British Association for the Advancement of Science, 1900″
“Who the hell wants to hear actors talk ?” – Harry M. Warner, Warner Bros, 1927
“The wireless music box has no imaginable commercial value. Who would pay for a message sent to no one in particular?” – Associates of David Sarnoff responding to the latter’s call for investment in the radio in 1921.
“That the automobile has practically reached the limit of its development is suggested by the fact that during the past year no improvements of a radical nature have been introduced. Scientific American, Jan. 2 edition, 1909.”
“We are probably nearing the limit of all we can know about astronomy.” – Simon Newcomb, Canadian-born American astronomer, 1888.
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