Two Predictions
Howard Lovy compares two statements made by distinguished British scientists. Chronologically separated by 110 years, these predictions are united in their unabashed eagerness to be proved wrong.
UPDATE: I just did a Google on Lord Kelvin. He died in 1907, four years after Kitty Hawk. Talk about living to see it! Lord Broers was born in 1938. If he lives to be 75 (and, hey, we're all rooting for him) I'd say he has about a 50-50 chance of having to eat his words. If he makes it to 100, I'd call it about a 99% chance.
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It be sweet if Lord Broers lives to be much older than 75 BECAUSE of autonomous self-replicating nanobots.
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April 28, 2005 02:27 PM