[quonn]

In the last century, has anyone ever accurately predicted the future 30 years before?

[thinkingkong]

I think there are quite a few examples, but those same people also made horrible predictions at the same time. What really matters is your "hit ratio" - your number of hits vs misses.

[jmnicolas]

I think we were supposed to have flying cars for Y2k ... instead we had the "famous" bug ;-)