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1. I think he was just that smart...

Reply to SCantiGOP (Original post)

Thu Feb 2, 2017, 04:49 PM

Feb 2017

...though similar predictions were made by others at that time...in fact, Robert A Heinlein predicted the rise of Theocracy, and a turn away from science and technology, as early as 1940...

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Carl Sagan's accurate prediction of the future [View all] SCantiGOP Feb 2017 OP

I think he was just that smart... First Speaker Feb 2017 #1

and Arthur C Clarke SCantiGOP Feb 2017 #3

...I think that was actually Cleve Cartmill... First Speaker Feb 2017 #6

Heinlein was actually arrested during WWII. gordianot Feb 2017 #7

You guys are right SCantiGOP Feb 2017 #8

Heinlien was a real character I spent an entire day with him and his brother... gordianot Feb 2017 #9

He was just that smart. But again, like Hillary, he's not flashy. ffr Feb 2017 #2

good analogy triron Feb 2017 #5

Philip K. Dick's 1963 short story "The Days of Perky Pat" ymetca Feb 2017 #4

There should be a train, track and transport plan for those displaced and it paid for uponit7771 Feb 2017 #10

Very smart malaise Feb 2017 #11