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Predictions for the next 150 years.http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20130102-tomorrows-worldNote the 1/1000 odds that computers will have a sense of smell by 2018.
Here is a timeline of the next hundred quintillion years or so.http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20140105-timeline-of-the-far-futureI noticed on there the thing about the KEO Time Capsule, which was originally supposed to launch in 2003 (and subsequent years) and is now scheduled for launch in 2014. It will go into space and return to Earth in 50,000 years.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KEO
I found the prediction that Arctic is free of ice in the summer months to be the most outlandish. The evidence for anthropomorphic global warming is declining with time.
Fortunately for us, they made a prediction that can be confirmed/denied within a short timespan. Now we can point to erroneous predictions as being based on faulty calculations, which reduces confidence in their other predictions. The bigger problem is when people make predictions about dire consequences 30 years from now and want us to spend billions (if not more) to change the course of events today.
