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Prophets enough at all times. And the predictions, of course, also fell, like a horn of plenty. Again, it is natural that most of them did not come true. Because the case is slim. There are in fact predict with an under any scientific basis, based on a system of knowledge. There are brilliant intuitive insight. Well, there's, you know, ordinary chatter and a desire to fish in troubled waters. Here are collected enough predictions of famous people. What type of attribute, decide for yourself
< From the 1660s: "The time will come when people will be transplanted organs from one body to another"


In the manuscript of the famous physicist, chemist and theologian Robert Boyle, which refers to the 1660 th year, is said about the future, when "it will be possible to cure the disease at a distance, or, at least, with the help of organ transplants".

Given that Boyle lived up to the Age of Enlightenment, an era of prosperity magic and superstition, the idea of ​​organ transplantation was a manifestation of an incredibly progressive thinking.

Boyle belongs also a number of amazing predictions - including, he was talking about a device that resembles a modern system of GPS - "a way to find the desired longitude".

< From 1840: Alexis de Tocqueville predicted Cold War

"On Earth, there are now two great nations that began with the opposite position and seems to be moving towards a single goal: Russian and Anglo-Americans ... The points of departure they are different and they go they separate ways; Nevertheless, each of them secretly cherishes the dream to take over the fate of half the world, "- wrote French politician Alexis de Tocqueville in 1840 in his" Democracy in America ".

In a nutshell, Tocqueville believed that the two largest states crave power and, in the end, to fight for it. And what this rivalry anyway affect the fate of the world.

< From 1863: At a time when there were only 60 known elements, the Russian chemist created the periodic table, which accurately predicted the existence of more 40+ unknown elements with their weight and properties

Dmitri Mendeleev predicted the discovery of the unknown in his time of chemical elements with remarkable accuracy. He began his studies in 1863, when scientists were aware of the existence of about 60 elements. It has since been discovered yet more than 40.

Placing the chemical elements in the table according to their weight and properties, Mendeleev found it empty cells, which, in his opinion, had to be filled.

For example, Mendeleev predicted the discovery of germanium, and even invented a name "ekosilikon." This element was discovered in 1886.

< From 1865, Jules Verne predicted the landing of man on the moon

In 1865, 100 years before the flight "Apollo 11," the French writer Jules Verne wrote a science fiction novel titled "From the Earth to the Moon by direct for 97 hours and 20 minutes".

In this book, been described in detail with remarkable accuracy predict the real details of the flight: launch a space ship from Florida, its name, the number of astronauts on board, and the feeling of weightlessness, which they have experienced. In 1865, Verne could not know how to feel the force of gravity in outer space.
Well, Mr. Verne was a very prolific predictor. And accurately.

From 1898 Novella, predicted the death of Titanic

In 1898, a prolific writer and novelist Morgan Robertson wrote a short story called "Futility, or the collapse of Titan." The book accurately predicted and the size of the ship and its destruction from the collision with the iceberg, and the name is very similar.

Titanic went to the bottom in 14 years after the publication of this book Robertson.

< From 1909: Nikola Tesla predicted the invention of wireless personal devices

"Soon it will be possible to send messages around the world without wires. It is so simple that the average person can own and operate their own apparatus, "- said Nikola Tesla in the New York Times interview in 1909.

< From 1914 HG Wells predicted the invention of the atomic bomb

In 1914, HG Wells wrote the novel "World liberated", which described the destruction of the city "atomic bomb". While Wells could not know how to actually be a real explosion of the atomic bomb, although he had some idea of ​​the radioactive elements.

< From 1988: Isaac Asimov predicted that we will learn through the Internet

In one interview that science fiction writer Isaac Asimov gave in 1988, he almost predicted the emergence of the Internet. More precisely, he described a system in which students will have access to a universal source of information.

Asimov suggested that through the computers people will be able to get to any library in the world, and that he (computer) will be the "teacher in the form of access to all human knowledge".

Asimov was very concerned about the improvement of the education system and saw the perfect solution to this problem in online teaching.

"What people call training today - just coaching. Children have to learn is the same at the same scenario, the same tempo and at the same time. But they are all different. One perceives the information very quickly, the other - slowly, others may require further explanation ... "

< From 1993: The broadcast television AT & T was predicted emergence of tablets as we know them today

In 1993, the American television network AT & T has released a series of commercials with imaginary technological devices under the title "You Will", which seemed quite incredible. Among them was a device allows you to send a fax from the beach.

This device, as you can see in the picture, looks exactly like a tablet today. 20 years later.

< From 2006: The Director-General of Euro Pacific Capital predicted the crisis of 2008

During the debate on Fox News May 16, 2006 CEO and strategist Euro Pacific Capital Peter Schiff gave an accurate prediction as to what the real estate market in the US is a bubble that will burst soon.

While most analysts believe that the US economy is in excellent shape and it is not in danger.

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