An Age of Magic

What the ‘experts’ got wrong…

December 11, 2008 on 8:58 am | In Science Fiction Technology | No Comments

Here are some of the worlds worst, and most WRONG, predictions…

1. BRITAIN DOESN’T NEED TELEPHONES

Made in 1878 by Sir William Preece, chief engineer at the Post Office. ‘The Americans have need of the telephone, but we do not. We have plenty of messenger boys,’ he said.

2. X-RAYS ARE A HOAXLord Kevlin, President of the Royal Society was clearly unconvinced when he made his comments in 1883.

3. TV WON’T LAST
Darryl Zanuck, 20th Century Fox movie mogul was responsible for this clanger back in 1946. He claimed the technology had a short shelf life because people will ’soon get tired of staring at a plywood box every night.’4. COMPUTERS AREN’T FOR HOME USE

In 1977, Ken Olsen, the president, chairman and founder of Digital Equipment Corp (DEC) claimed there was no reason for anyone to want a personal computer. HA!

5. In the future home owner insurance will be straightforward to claim on…(well, I added that one in – no-one has ever been daft enough to make THAT claim!)

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