On the Record: Predictions
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NO.PREDICTIONDURATIONPREDICTOR
425.
By 2025, new astronomical observations and theories will render the Big Bang an untenable explanation for the origin of the Universe.
16 years
02008-02025
Rogier M Sluimers
423.
I predict that THE HUMAN KNOWLEDGE MINDMAP will become the globally dominant knowledge paradigm by the year 2100.
92 years
02008-02100
William P Sheridan
409.
By the end of the 2016 Olympic Games, swimmer Michael Phelps will be convicted for doping at the 2008 Olympic Games.
8 years
02008-02016
Florian Kunze
405.
By 2011 a mother will have the entire genome sequence of her unborn child from her own blood.
3 years
02008-02011
Jonathan M Rothberg
404.
By 2015 the majority of people who make predictions on this site will have had their genomes sequenced.
7 years
02008-02015
Jonathan M Rothberg
403.
Computers will become intelligent within my "lifetime" (or 50 years which ever is longer)
50 years
02008-02058
Jonathan M Rothberg
388.
Hurricanes in Florida will be less in 2005-2015, than the average of the preceding three decades
6 years
02008-02014
Jack Scherer
377.
There will be a casino on the moon by 2040.
32 years
02008-02040
Online Casino Reports
371.
On or before 8 June 2030, there will exist a computer language or programming system in which the prototypical first program, traditionally called "Hello, world!", will have an executable file whose size exceeds 1 gigabyte.
22 years
02008-02030
Wayne B Hayes
354.
In 2010 more diesel passenger vehicles will be sold in the US than hybrids.
3 years
02008-02011
Martin G Tobias
