On the Record: Predictions

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NO.PREDICTIONDURATIONPREDICTOR

226. By the end of 2024 there will be a Single Global Currency managed by a Global Central Bank within a Global Monetary Union.(3-G's) This currency will be legal tender in countries which comprise at least 51% of the world's GDP. 19 years
02006-02024
morrison m bonpasse

225. Many types of cancer will be treated effectively with biofeedback coupled with imaging techniques, such as fMRI. 8 years
02005-02013
Hugh B Grant

223. By 2015, standardized tests for high school students in every state of the United States will directly evaluate students' understanding of the differences between scientific laws, scientific theories and the kinds of things often called theories outside the scientific community. 10 years
02005-02015
Kathleen A Hansen

219. I predict that this year will have the greatest snowfall on record, worldwide 2 years
02005-02008
james w walter

218. I predict that we will be in a full fledged ice age by 2100. I predict that before that we will see volcanic activity that produces more CO2, irridium, and CH4 than mankind could imagine. We will have massive increases in snowfall and sea level first, followed by falling sea levels as the glaciers increase. 15 years
02005-02020
james w walter

217. Within the next 5 years, Google employees will become dissatisfied, and kick-start a new wave of new technology and prosperity in Silicon Valley. 5 years
02005-02010
Juli Mallett

216. There will be a 'commercial-free', premium internet service offering by a relatively unknown company within 10 years. 10 years
02005-02015
Robert Frates

214. The People's Republic of China will successfuly place a living human on the surface of Mars before any other nation. ? years
02005-???
Jeff J Jonas

211. If the next president of the USA will be a democrat and/or a female, the US's anual GPD growth, major Wall Street share indices (Dow Jones, NASDAQ comp.) by the end of the term in 2012 will be higher, unemployment rate lower than now. The death toll of US soldiers in foreign countries and the numbers of terror attacks in western countries will be lower. 7 years
02005-02012
Daniel M Wigger

208. The International Panel on Climate Change's Fifth Assessment Report will conclude it is likely, or more than likely, that human-caused global warming has increased hurricane intensity in the 1995-2005 time period. 10 years
02005-02015
Brian A Schmidt

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