HG Wells on Google: which of his predictions came true?


	HG Wells on Google: which of his predictions came true?

JICWyllie

9-22-2009 1:02 PM

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JICWyllie says:

It is very ironic that H G Wells most pertinent prediction -- the World Brain / World Mind -- is not even mentioned.

Book: World Brain: - The Future of World Education.

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9-22-2009 1:30 PM

Quagga

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8025886.stm

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Here we pick out five of his predictions that have become reality, and three 
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The technology firm said that it<A href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/google/6212962/Google-logo-mystery-is-HG-Wells-tribute.html"> 
  <STRONG>wanted to honour the novelist's 143rd birthday</STRONG></A> because he had "encouraged 
  fantastical thinking about what is possible, on this planet and beyond". </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/google/6218219/HG-Wells-on-Google-which-of-his-predictions-came-true.html"><STRONG>1) Nuclear weapons</STRONG>
<STRONG>Book: </STRONG>The World Set Free (1914)</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/google/6218219/HG-Wells-on-Google-which-of-his-predictions-came-true.html"><STRONG>2) Moon landing</STRONG>
<STRONG>Book:</STRONG> The First Men in the Moon (1901)</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/google/6218219/HG-Wells-on-Google-which-of-his-predictions-came-true.html"><STRONG>3) Genetic engineering</STRONG>
<STRONG>Book:</STRONG> The Island Of Dr Moreau (1896)</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/google/6218219/HG-Wells-on-Google-which-of-his-predictions-came-true.html"><STRONG>4) Lasers</STRONG>
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