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So his predictions were not really that different to a 'cold reading' that a psychic comes up with - remember the hits and forget the misses.
by Theodores 13y ago
So his predictions were not really that different to a 'cold reading' that a psychic comes up with - remember the hits and forget the misses.
- coldtea 13y ago>So his predictions were not really that different to a 'cold reading' that a psychic comes up with - remember the hits and forget the misses. No, his predictions were quite accurate on the technological side, but for the societal side they were based on prevailing ideas of the day (which didn't necessarily apply later). For example the "moon colony" would have been a very real possibility, if the US has kept the same determination of space exploration. It's not much harder than the ISS to setup something similar on the moon, just the budgets are not there. As for his food prediction, we already have something similar ready to be commercially available, with Soylent. Not to mention that compared to his era's food (mostly home cooking, no HFCS, no prevailing fast food chains), today's food is 500% more processed and lab made. Anyway, they are called "predictions". What did people expect? Genuine prophecy?