Unexpected for its time ideas.
At a time when most of these predictions were formulated, they seemed no more than a figment of a sick imagination. But, surprisingly, come true.
Of the 1660-ies: “the time will Come when people will transplant internal organs from one body to another”
In the manuscript of the famous physicist, chemist and theologian Robert Boyle, which refers to 1660, refers to the future when “the disease will be possible to heal at a distance, or at least with organ transplants”.
Given that Boyle lived before the Enlightenment, an era heyday of magic and superstition, the idea of organ transplantation was a manifestation of an incredibly progressive thinking.
The Boyle owns a number of surprising predictions — including, he was talking about the device that resembles a modern system of GPS — “way of finding longitudes”.
From 1840: Alexis de Tocqueville predicted the cold war
“On Earth there are now two great Nations that started with the opposite position and seems to be moving towards the same goal: Russian and Anglo-Americans… Points of departure are different and they go they separate ways; however, each of them secretly cherishes a dream to take in their hands the fate of half the world,” wrote the French political scientist 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, will fight for her. And what is this rivalry one way or another 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 another 40+ unknown elements with their weights and properties
Dmitri Mendeleev predicted the discovery of the unknown in its time of chemical elements with amazing accuracy. His studies, he began in 1863, when scientists were aware of the existence of about 60 elements. Since it was founded more than 40.
By placing the chemical elements in a table according to their weight and properties, Mendeleev found it empty cells, which, in his opinion, had to be filled.
For example, Mendeleev anticipated the opening of Germany, and even made up the name “ekasilicon”. 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 called “From the earth to the moon direct in 97 hours and 20 minutes.”
In this book the details were described with remarkable accuracy predicted the real details of the flight: launch a space ship from Florida, his name, the number of astronauts on Board and a feeling of weightlessness that they have experienced. In 1865, Verne had no way to know how the gravity felt in outer space.
Of 1898: the novel that predicted the sinking of the Titanic
In 1898, the prolific writer and novelist Morgan Robertson wrote a short story called “Futility or the wreck of the Titan”. The book accurately predicted and the size of the vessel, and his death from a collision with an iceberg, and the name is very similar.
The Titanic sank 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 transmit messages around the world without wires. It will be so simple that the average person can own and operate his own apparatus,” — said Nikola Tesla in an interview with the New York Times in 1909.
From 1914: H. G. wells predicted the invention of the atomic bomb
In 1914, Hg wells wrote the novel “the World liberated”, which described the destruction of the city “atomic bomb”. At the time, wells could not know what actually could 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 via the Internet
In an interview that the science fiction writer Isaac Asimov gave in 1988, he almost predicted the advent of the Internet. More precisely, he described a system in which students will have access to a comprehensive source of information.
Asimov suggested that through computers people will have the opportunity to get to any library in the world, and that he (the computer) will be “master in the form of access to all human knowledge”.
Asimov was very concerned about the improvement of the education system and saw a perfect solution to this problem in online learning.
“What people call training today — just coaching. Children are forced to learn the same, for the same scenario at the same pace and at the same time. But they are all different. One perceives the information very quickly, the other slowly, the third may need further explanation…”
From 1993: In the program of the TV company AT&T predicted the emergence of tablets as we know them today
In 1993, American company AT&T released a series of commercials with imaginary technological devices under the title “You Will”, which seemed quite incredible. Among them was a device that allowed you to send a Fax from the beach.
This device, as you can see in the picture, looks exactly like the tablet today. 20 years later.
From 2006: CEO of Euro Pacific Capital predicted the crisis of 2008
During a 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 U.S. is a bubble that will soon burst.
At the time, most analysts believed that the us economy is in excellent shape and she’s not in danger.
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