So this guy John Elfreth Watkins Jr is an American Civil Engineer who had some lofty predictions for what he thought the world would be like in 2011 from 1900. As his wiki page is summarized in the google search bar, "John Elfreth Watkins (1852–1903) was a civil engineer working for American railroads of ... Massa, William R., Jr., Smithsonian Institution (2004) Finding Aids to ..." (Down with SOPA)
Its a long article, so Ill tell you which ones to pick out.
Top 5 that actually came true:
The American being taller
Height 5'7" - 1900
Height 5'9" - 2011
There will be No C,X, or Q
He pretty much called AIM and Text talk 100 years before it happened
Photos will be Telegraphed/Telephones around the world
The internet.
There will be Air ships
He predicts that they wont compete with other modes of transport ( AA and AE are bankrupt)
Vegetables will be grown with electricity
Among other things
Top 4 that were way off
No Mosquitos nor Flies
Lofty thinking.
Automobiles Cheaper than horses
Cheap horse is still $5000
Everybody will walk 10 miles
Im worried about how completely opposite this prediction turned out
How Children will be Taught
Don't cry
All this talk about predictions makes me think we should have something like a dead pool. Lets put it in writing, my guess is Hefner
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