UM-Bot Posted July 2, 2020 #1 Share Posted July 2, 2020 A French film released in 1947 predicted several modern technologies with a remarkable level of accuracy. https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/337908/old-film-from-1947-predicted-mobile-phones 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jethrofloyd Posted July 2, 2020 #2 Share Posted July 2, 2020 Surprisinglu futuristic movie, but I don't see Facebook or Twitter on their 'mobile phones'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Essan Posted July 2, 2020 #3 Share Posted July 2, 2020 1 hour ago, jethrofloyd said: Surprisinglu futuristic movie, but I don't see Facebook or Twitter on their 'mobile phones'. They're all too busy watching the latest "must see" on Netflix to worry about old fashioned stuff like that 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seti42 Posted July 2, 2020 #4 Share Posted July 2, 2020 (edited) If you sift through enough old sci-fi, you are guaranteed to find things that have come true. This is partly because sci-fi writers tend to be smart, and base their predictions on current (to them) technology and trends. This is also partly because engineers and scientists are often inspired by and fans of science fiction. Sometimes it seems a little uncanny, like the above movie clip, Star Trek predicting tablet PCs and flip phones, and William Gibson predicting the internet and our relationship to it. But it's still just a combination of coincidence and educated guessing...And the fact that hindsight is always 20/20. Edited July 2, 2020 by Seti42 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XenoFish Posted July 3, 2020 #5 Share Posted July 3, 2020 10 hours ago, Seti42 said: But it's still just a combination of coincidence and educated guessing...And the fact that hindsight is always 20/20. Are they were inspired by the idea of those things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissJatti Posted July 3, 2020 #6 Share Posted July 3, 2020 More like portable Tvs then mobile phones 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Only Posted July 4, 2020 #7 Share Posted July 4, 2020 (edited) I remember in Back To The Future 2 they had phone calls come in video over the TV, and at the time it seemed crazy. Edited July 4, 2020 by _Only 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jethrofloyd Posted July 4, 2020 #8 Share Posted July 4, 2020 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vorg Posted July 4, 2020 #9 Share Posted July 4, 2020 This is just confirmation bias. It was titled "Television of Tomorrow". Not phone of tomorrow. They did not speak into them. They just want you to believe they predicted phones and not mini TV's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stereologist Posted July 9, 2020 #10 Share Posted July 9, 2020 One of the best predictions is in the radio show "A logic named Joe". In the old time radio show, a family buys a computer they call a logic. The son nicknames the logic Joe. Joe is installed at home and is networked. Due to a manufacturing issue Joe removes the safeguards on the networked computers. The networked computers share a tremendous amount of information about those using them and are soon used for nefarious tasks such as poisoning unpleasant bosses. You can listen to it here 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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