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25 FAMOUS PREDICTIONS
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25.) "THERE IS NOT THE SLIGHTEST INDICATION THAT NUCLEAR ENERGY WILL EVER BE OBTAINABLE. IT WOULD MEAN THAT THE ATOM WOULD HAVE TO BE SHATTERED AT WILL." – ALBERT EINSTEIN, 1932
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24.) “ WE DON'T LIKE THEIR SOUND, AND GUITAR MUSIC IS ON THE WAY OUT." – DECCA RECORDING COMPANY ON DECLINING TO SIGN THE BEATLES, 1962
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23.) "THIS 'TELEPHONE' HAS TOO MANY SHORTCOMINGS TO BE SERIOUSLY CONSIDERED AS A MEANS OF COMMUNICATION. THE DEVICE IS INHERENTLY OF NO VALUE TO US." – WESTERN UNION INTERNAL MEMO, 1876
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22.) "REAGAN DOESN'T HAVE THAT PRESIDENTIAL LOOK." – UNITED ARTISTS EXECUTIVE AFTER REJECTING REAGAN AS LEAD IN THE 1964 FILM THE BEST MAN
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21.) "RAIL TRAVEL AT HIGH SPEED IS NOT POSSIBLE BECAUSE PASSENGERS, UNABLE TO BREATHE, WOULD DIE OF ASPHYXIA." – DR. DIONYSIUS LARDNER, 1830
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20.) "I THINK THERE IS A WORLD MARKET FOR MAYBE FIVE COMPUTERS." – THOMAS WATSON, CHAIRMAN OF IBM, 1943
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19.) "X-RAYS WILL PROVE TO BE A HOAX." – LORD KELVIN, PRESIDENT OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY, 1883
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18.) "EVERYONE ACQUAINTED WITH THE SUBJECT WILL RECOGNIZE IT AS A CONSPICUOUS FAILURE." – -HENRY MORTON, PRESIDENT OF THE STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, ON EDISON'S LIGHT BULB, 1880
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17.) "THE HORSE IS HERE TO STAY BUT THE AUTOMOBILE IS ONLY A NOVELTY—A FAD." – -THE PRESIDENT OF THE MICHIGAN SAVINGS BANK ADVISING HENRY FORD'S LAWYER NOT TO INVEST IN THE FORD MOTOR CO., 1903
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16.) “ TELEVISION WON'T LAST BECAUSE PEOPLE WILL SOON GET TIRED OF STARING AT A PLYWOOD BOX EVERY NIGHT." – -DARRYL ZANUCK, MOVIE PRODUCER, 20TH CENTURY FOX, 1946
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15.) "NO ONE WILL PAY GOOD MONEY TO GET FROM BERLIN TO POTSDAM IN ONE HOUR WHEN HE CAN RIDE HIS HORSE THERE IN ONE DAY FOR FREE." – KING WILLIAM I OF PRUSSIA, ON TRAINS, 1864
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14.) "THERE IS NO REASON FOR ANY INDIVIDUAL TO HAVE A COMPUTER IN HIS HOME." – -KEN OLSON, PRESIDENT, CHAIRMAN AND FOUNDER OF DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORPORATION (DEC), IN A TALK GIVEN TO A 1977 WORLD FUTURE SOCIETY MEETING IN BOSTON
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13.) "IF EXCESSIVE SMOKING ACTUALLY PLAYS A ROLE IN THE PRODUCTION OF LUNG CANCER, IT SEEMS TO BE A MINOR ONE." – -W.C. HEUPER, NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE, 1954
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12.) “ NO, IT WILL MAKE WAR IMPOSSIBLE." – -HIRAM MAXIM, INVENTOR OF THE MACHINE GUN, IN RESPONSE TO THE QUESTION "WILL THIS GUN NOT MAKE WAR MORE TERRIBLE?" FROM HAVELOCK ELLIS, AN ENGLISH SCIENTIST, 1893
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11.) “ 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
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10.) “ THERE WILL NEVER BE A BIGGER PLANE BUILT." – - A BOEING ENGINEER, AFTER THE FIRST FLIGHT OF THE 247, A TWIN ENGINE PLANE THAT HOLDS TEN PEOPLE
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9.) “ HOW, SIR, WOULD YOU MAKE A SHIP SAIL AGAINST THE WIND AND CURRENTS BY LIGHTING A BONFIRE UNDER HER DECK? I PRAY YOU, EXCUSE ME, I HAVE NOT THE TIME TO LISTEN TO SUCH NONSENSE.” — NAPOLEON BONAPARTE, WHEN TOLD OF ROBERT FULTON’S STEAMBOAT, 1800S
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8.) “THE IDEA THAT CAVALRY WILL BE REPLACED BY THESE IRON COACHES IS ABSURD. IT IS LITTLE SHORT OF TREASONOUS.” — COMMENT OF AIDE-DE-CAMP TO FIELD MARSHAL HAIG, AT TANK DEMONSTRATION, 1916
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7.) "I MUST CONFESS THAT MY IMAGINATION REFUSES TO SEE ANY SORT OF SUBMARINE DOING ANYTHING BUT SUFFOCATING ITS CREW AND FLOUNDERING AT SEA.” — HG WELLS, BRITISH NOVELIST, IN 1901
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6.) "THE WORLD POTENTIAL MARKET FOR COPYING MACHINES IS 5000 AT MOST.” — IBM, TO THE EVENTUAL FOUNDERS OF XEROX, SAYING THE PHOTOCOPIER HAD NO MARKET LARGE ENOUGH TO JUSTIFY PRODUCTION, 1959
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5.) “THE AMERICANS HAVE NEED OF THE TELEPHONE, BUT WE DO NOT. WE HAVE PLENTY OF MESSENGER BOYS.” — SIR WILLIAM PREECE, CHIEF ENGINEER, BRITISH POST OFFICE, 1878
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4.) "IT'LL BE GONE BY JUNE." – VARIETY MAGAZINE ON ROCK N' ROLL, 1955
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3.) "AND FOR THE TOURIST WHO REALLY WANTS TO GET AWAY FROM IT ALL, SAFARIS IN VIETNAM" – -NEWSWEEK, PREDICTING POPULAR HOLIDAYS FOR THE LATE 1960S.
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2.) “WHEN THE PARIS EXHIBITION [OF 1878] CLOSES, ELECTRIC LIGHT WILL CLOSE WITH IT AND NO MORE WILL BE HEARD OF IT.” – OXFORD PROFESSOR ERASMUS WILSON
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1.) A ROCKET WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO LEAVE THE EARTH’S ATMOSPHERE.” — NEW YORK TIMES, 1936