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Warfish · 08-07-2012, 05:54 PM

Were they right? 25 years ago, science thinkers predicted the world in 2012

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/slide...#ixzz22trGxqS1

Some very interesting ideas as to where they thought we'd be today, as well as some super neato old-style Sci-Fi images to go with the comments.

Figured a few of you might enjoy it.

brady's a catcher · 08-07-2012, 06:02 PM

Loved the drawings/pics, especially the pic for #7 with the bearded guy, the hot chick, the slow Mexican teen, the chimp (you heard me) and the awesome 70s all terrain sci-fi vehicle. Just pure awesome.

NYJCAP2 · 08-07-2012, 06:18 PM

Cool to look at. Any info on the next 25?

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Originally Posted by brady's a catcher

Loved the drawings/pics, especially the pic for #7 with the bearded guy, the hot chick, the slow Mexican teen, the chimp (you heard me) and the awesome 70s all terrain sci-fi vehicle. Just pure awesome.

Why must all the pictures involve us going "up"? The blurbs were interesting, but were not going to build ourselves out of the atmosphere.

Warfish · 08-07-2012, 06:21 PM

I quite liked this image:

John_0515 · 08-07-2012, 07:00 PM

A few of those are pretty spot on, or at least on the path to.

Carlton · 08-07-2012, 07:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Warfish

I quite liked this image:

Awesome.

thebigragu · 08-07-2012, 07:13 PM

No I see nothing even close. Science fails again. Look up the God particle fish. Got those loony quantum physics guys going nuts. Science bleh

JStokes · 08-07-2012, 07:13 PM

I'd like to get FF2's take on this.

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gunnails · 08-07-2012, 07:16 PM

I still don't have a jet pak, I was suppose to have a jet pak, but still no jet pak.

Untouchable · 08-07-2012, 07:36 PM

LOL

It'll be at least another 50 years before any of these things are achieved.

Gata · 08-07-2012, 08:02 PM

this doesn't look too far-fetched

JStokes · 08-07-2012, 08:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Gata

this doesn't look too far-fetched

LOL, he's watching soccer.

Edit: And Bellichick is taping the pre-game walk through.

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Jungle Shift Jet · 08-07-2012, 08:47 PM

useless story really

most of the unoriginal suppositions were/are polluted by corrosive libspeak and assembled through L Ron Hubbard - figgers

computers using bacteria as transport media? moore's law was already well established by 1987 what a dumb conclusion

teh pictures were just randomly assembled and don't match neither

the one the OP likes is from 1908 - similar works date back to the late 19th c.

Wells and so forth have been imagining the future for decades before the 1980s

the one w / the chimp is the Saturday Morning ARK II show from the late 70s- the "Captain Planet" of its day

(IIRC the lil simian was a policeman)

the picture Gata likes prolly has the most stuff that has come to pass-again not too much that wasn't already imagined years before

AlwaysGreenAlwaysWhite · 08-07-2012, 09:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Gata

this doesn't look too far-fetched

Nailed satellites...

BushyTheBeaver · 08-07-2012, 09:19 PM

So in an oddly juvenile and ill-executed attempt to make the scientific community look clueless, Fox News assembles a few random quotes from fantasy fiction writers (whom it dubs "science thinkers") and then matches the quotes with unrelated fantasy art pictures.

I'll take non sequitor for a thousand, Warfish.

Jungle Shift Jet · 08-07-2012, 09:21 PM

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Originally Posted by BushyTheBeaver

So in yet another oddly juvenile attempt to make the scientific community look clueless, Fox News assembles a few random quotes from fantasy fiction writers (whom it dub "science thinkers") and then matches the quotes with unrelated fantasy art pictures.

I'll take complete non sequitor for a thousand, Warfish.

The pictures were random but 25 years ago, science thinkers predicted the world in 2012, as part of the 1987 L, Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future award. That's where they were assembled.

thebigragu · 08-07-2012, 09:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Gata

this doesn't look too far-fetched

Fine I'll admit it I do have that running outfit.

Jungle Shift Jet · 08-07-2012, 09:24 PM

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Originally Posted by thebigragu

Fine I'll admit it I do have that running outfit.

Chin up..in the year 2025 there'll be no need for penizes.

gunnails · 08-07-2012, 09:27 PM

This looks like an early rendition of the West Side Stadium, but whats up with the stadium on top of the stadium?

Jungle Shift Jet · 08-07-2012, 09:28 PM

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Originally Posted by gunnails

This looks like an early rendition of the West Side Stadium, but whats up with the stadium on top of the stadium?

non-PSL seats

I think they drop the puck from up there too

08-07-2012, 05:54 PM	#1
Warfish JetsInsider.com Legend Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 35,000	Were they right? 25 years ago, science thinkers predicted the world in 2012 Were they right? 25 years ago, science thinkers predicted the world in 2012 Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/slide...#ixzz22trGxqS1 Some very interesting ideas as to where they thought we'd be today, as well as some super neato old-style Sci-Fi images to go with the comments. Figured a few of you might enjoy it.

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Jungle Shift Jet Occasionally stoops to uploading hotties pix to boost his postcount All Pro Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Alive with a superior intellect in an erudite world of fine tastes that you will never, EVER acquire Posts: 5,040	useless story really most of the unoriginal suppositions were/are polluted by corrosive libspeak and assembled through L Ron Hubbard - figgers computers using bacteria as transport media? moore's law was already well established by 1987 what a dumb conclusion teh pictures were just randomly assembled and don't match neither the one the OP likes is from 1908 - similar works date back to the late 19th c. Wells and so forth have been imagining the future for decades before the 1980s the one w / the chimp is the Saturday Morning ARK II show from the late 70s- the "Captain Planet" of its day (IIRC the lil simian was a policeman) the picture Gata likes prolly has the most stuff that has come to pass-again not too much that wasn't already imagined years before Last edited by Jungle Shift Jet; 08-07-2012 at 09:25 PM.

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BushyTheBeaver size matters All League Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 3,924	So in an oddly juvenile and ill-executed attempt to make the scientific community look clueless, Fox News assembles a few random quotes from fantasy fiction writers (whom it dubs "science thinkers") and then matches the quotes with unrelated fantasy art pictures. I'll take non sequitor for a thousand, Warfish. Last edited by BushyTheBeaver; 08-07-2012 at 09:21 PM.

08-07-2012, 06:02 PM	#2
brady's a catcher R.I.P Goofy Maloof All Pro Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Alexandria, VA Posts: 6,692	Loved the drawings/pics, especially the pic for #7 with the bearded guy, the hot chick, the slow Mexican teen, the chimp (you heard me) and the awesome 70s all terrain sci-fi vehicle. Just pure awesome.

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Warfish JetsInsider.com Legend Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 35,000	I quite liked this image:

08-07-2012, 07:00 PM	#5
John_0515 Hall Of Fame Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 21,130	A few of those are pretty spot on, or at least on the path to.

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thebigragu Downright Brilliant All Pro Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Staten Island Posts: 7,828	No I see nothing even close. Science fails again. Look up the God particle fish. Got those loony quantum physics guys going nuts. Science bleh

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JStokes Hall Of Fame Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Bergen County, NJ Posts: 20,126	I'd like to get FF2's take on this. _

08-07-2012, 07:16 PM	#9
gunnails All League Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Portland Oregon Posts: 4,519	I still don't have a jet pak, I was suppose to have a jet pak, but still no jet pak.

08-07-2012, 07:36 PM	#10
Untouchable Hall Of Fame Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 22,403	LOL It'll be at least another 50 years before any of these things are achieved.

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Gata JETS! I hate your freaking guts, you make me vomit, you are the scum between my toes. Love, Gata Rookie Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Jersey Posts: 820	this doesn't look too far-fetched

08-07-2012, 09:27 PM	#19
gunnails All League Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Portland Oregon Posts: 4,519	This looks like an early rendition of the West Side Stadium, but whats up with the stadium on top of the stadium?