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Old 07-25-2011, 06:40 AM   #19
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Originally Posted by Nancy Fulda View Post
Consider all of the things science fiction authors have predicted that haven't come about. Where's my humanoid robotic maid? My flying car? My voice-activated virtual assistant who sorts my mail and places my order for morning coffee?

I think it's easy to look backwards and point towards the few books that got it right. It's a lot harder to look at near-future predictions being published now and guess which ones are going to pan out.
Flying cars.... I think people underestimate the power of gravity...
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