“Unbelievable Forecasts: 10 Futuristic Predictions That Crashed and Burned!”
His father continued to advise him against electricity, especially when he was debating on investing in Edison. Luckily for Morgan, he continued not to listen to his father and heavily invested in electricity. This led him to eventually financing General Electric, which is still widely used today.
Washing The Whole House With A Hose
In 1950, the science editor of The New York Times, Waldemar Kaempffert, released a series of writings titled “The Miracles You’ll See in the Next Fifty Years.” One of these miracles he predicted involved house cleaning, in which he wrote the experiences of a future housewife he named “Jane Dobson.”
He wrote: “When Jane Dobson cleans house she simply turns the hose on everything. Why not? Furniture (upholstery included), rugs, draperies, unscratchable floors—all are made of synthetic fabric or waterproof plastic.” He then claimed a drain would collect the water and she would turn on hot air to dry everything off. We wish this was the case!
Injections That Would Give Us Extended Lives
Even though this prediction is supposed to come true by 2030, it doesn’t look like we’re there quite yet. Prominent lawyer and friend of Winston Churchill, FE Smith, wrote in 1922 about the medical advances he foresaw in the future. He believed that medical injections would be available that would allow people to live to be upwards of 150 years.
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