Fun list to read.

“The Book of Predictions”, published in 1981, was written by “The Book of Lists’” editors, David Wallechinsky, Amy Wallace and Irving Wallace. This volume was a collection of prognostications by people in various different professions: authors, scientists etc. would extrapolate their knowledge and imagination to try and guess what would happen in the near - and indeed, distant - future. Another section of the book would deal with some of the most successful predictions (Morgan Robertson’s foreboding of the Titanic disaster etc.). Another section dealt with the mental outpourings of some of the most noted psychics and mediums at that time. These forecasts usually stretched from c.1982 to the first few years of the 21st century so it is now a prime time to assess their quality and accuracy (or lack of!) as their claimed date of occurrence will have long since passed.

The List

Is september12 listed in there somewhere??

I mostly skimmed it since it’s long and I’m at work.  But it was quite interesting.  (But not interesting enough for me to go back and read them all since the ones I didn’t read in-depth they got wrong anyway. )

Some of these are ‘near’ hits, while many are the aspirations of hope for the future. 

Over time I’ve noticed that while some predictions may come true in some form of the first description, those that ARE near-hits all take FAR longer to manifest.  But even these are few and far between.

Some of these on the list seem to have been manufactured from very specific ‘dreams’ so their boundaries are so specialized that they’d be considered miracles or magick if they did come true.

Mostly I think these are what-ifs that a lot of us would really like if they were to become reality such as cures for cancer and complete wellness or cures to everything without drug-medications being involved. 

Good lists!