Most Prophetic Sci-Fi Work, Which have come true?, page 1

I was reviewing some of the books in my collection and then it dawned on me of the possibility that many of these Science Fiction writers may have had psychic visions of the future? These great writers have contributed to the advancement in real world technology far beyond what we are really giving them credit for. Did they have visions of the future and with their limited means put pen to paper and give us a hint of what’s to come?


1. Isaac Asimov
2. John Wyndham
3. Fred Hoyle
4. Philip K Dick
5. HG Wells
6. Ursula K Le Guin
7. Arthur C Clarke
8. Ray Bradbury
9. Frank Herbert
10. Stanislaw Lem

Outside of Sir Arthur C. Clarke, They may not have directly invented things we use in everyday life but many scientist and engineers will admit that they were influenced by great sci-fi literature, TV shows. And Movies etc. It seems that if you read up on most of the great writers that they have some connection to real science. Are we seeing psychic visions, predictions, or just plain fantasy of the future in some of their titles?


Would you Consider Nostradamus a Science fiction author?

Now lets consider some of the works by Leonardo de Vinci

Example

Once man invented motion pictures it seems that some were able to put their possible psychic visions to film it became yet another way to express what it was that they were receiving.

Here is an example of early cinema science fiction followed by reality.

Science Fiction

Becomes Science Fact

What about Gene Rodenberry?

Science fiction becoming science fact

Fact following Fiction

The US military it is said is always watching TV and Movies for possible new weapon systems and abilities. We saw the above tricorder mentioned, how about Video games they are the new medium for Science Fiction. Are we seeing the psychic visions of the future in some of the titles? are some creators of TV, Movies, and video games reading some form of future events?


It seems that many were fascinated with Robotics what was once fantasy is now reality.


Were these people influenced by psychic visions and readings from the future? Or are these just a case of one man’s fantasy becomes another man’s reality which in turn another man fantasizes about an improvement then creates it which in turn becomes another’s reality and so on. This becomes an argument of which came first the chicken or the egg.


The world's best scientists nominate their favorite authors
LINKY HERE


In your opinion which ones that got the science right, or will sometime soon.





Finally I’ll leave you with two videos one from Fritz Lang and his vision of the future how close did he get vrs reality? You decide.

Metropolis

A True Metropolis

One of the most Prophetic of all science fiction was the moon landings ahh good old Jules Verne I wonder what he would have said had he lived to see the real thing?

reply to post by Maxmars

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Thank you

What I find truly amazing is just how humble many of them were and are.
Not only that but how accurate they were in what they wrote which brings me to the troubling side of Science Fiction

Cloning, Sadistic Robots, Alien invasions and so on.

For sci-fi I would go with "A scanner darkly."

And though it predates the actual genre of science fiction, "The Wreck of the Titan" has to be one of the most prophetic works of fiction, period:

Although the novel was written before the Olympic-class Titanic had even been designed, there are some remarkable coincidences between the fictional and real-life counterparts. Like the Titanic, the fictional ship sank in April in the North Atlantic, and there were not enough lifeboats for the passengers. There are also similarities between the size (800 ft long for Titan versus 882½ ft long for the Titanic), speed (25 knots for Titan, 24 knots for Titanic) and life-saving equipment.

Similarities between Titanic and Titan:

1. Unsinkable / Indestructible

- The Titanic, world's largest luxury liner (882 feet, displacing 66,000 tons). The Titanic was once described as being (nearly) unsinkable.

- The Titan, largest craft afloat and the greatest of the works of men (800 feet, displacing 75,000 tons). The Titan was considered 'indestructible'.

2. Number of propellers and masts

- The Titanic had three propellers and two masts

- The Titan was equipped with three propellers and two masts

3. Launched in April

- The Titanic steamed from Southampton, England on her maiden voyage in April 1912.

- The Titan was also launched in April.

4. Lifeboats

- The Titanic carried only 20 lifeboats, less than half the number required for her passenger capacity of 3000.

- The Titan carried "as few as the law allowed", 24 lifeboats, less than half needed for her 3000 capacity.

5. Struck an iceberg

- Moving too fast at 23 knots, the Titanic struck an iceberg on the night of April 14, 1912 in the North Atlantic.

- Also on an April night in North Atlantic, the Titan hit an iceberg while traveling at 25 knots.

6. The Unsinkable Sank

- The unsinkable Titanic sank, and more than half of her 2,207 passengers died screaming for help.

- The indestructible Titan also sank, more than half of her 2500 passengers drowning, their "voices raised in agonized screams"

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reply to post by asmeone2

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OMG there is no way this could of not been a vision of things to come.

What are the odds on getting that close to the facts and not be a prediction?

Originally posted by SLAYER69
reply to post by asmeone2

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OMG there is no way this could of not been a vision of things to come.

What are the odds on getting that close to the facts and not be a prediction?

A billion to one?

To my knowledge the author did not present his book as a prediction, but it is really one of the only cases I can think of of a prediction comign true that gave specifics *before* the fact.

The plans for the Titanic and her sisters werent' even drawn up when that was written. I say there has to be some kind of time slip involved.

[edit on 4-12-2008 by asmeone2]

reply to post by Shadowflux

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We are getting awefully close to a replecator, too!

reply to post by SLAYER69

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And so he is, my apologies, it's late and I have to spread the gospel of Roddenberry whenever possible.

Incidentally, did you know that "Roddenberry" is recognized by Firefox's spell checker? Neat!

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