# Science predicts science

**URL:** <https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/science-predicts-science/11287>\
**Category:** Science and Technology\
**Created:** [December 30, 2024, 12:49pm UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/science-predicts-science/11287 "2024-12-30T12:49:34Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 30, 2024, 12:49pm UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/science-predicts-science/11287/1 "2024-12-30T12:49:34Z")

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A collection of predictions from the past, some of them spot on.

> **[This ‘ruthlessly imaginative’ professor made predictions for 2025 – and...](https://www.findmypast.co.uk/blog/history/2025-predictions)**
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> In 1925, an eccentric inventor published a list of predictions for 100 years hence, titled ‘The Future’. Looking back, some of his predictions were uncannily on the mark.

Scientific predictions are usually bad at predicting the cultural reactions though