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Which Science Fiction Prediction Turned Out To Be Surprisingly Accurate?

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Which Science Fiction Prediction Turned Out To Be Surprisingly Accurate?

KiltedTux <kiltedtux@dev.null> Sat, 20 Jun 2026 07:17:40 -0400

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Subject: Which Science Fiction Prediction Turned Out To Be Surprisingly Accurate?

Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2026 07:17:40 -0400

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Science fiction has been predicting the future for generations—sometimes getting it spectacularly wrong and sometimes getting it uncomfortably right.

Which novel, series, or author do you think came closest to accurately predicting the world we live in today?

What did they get right, and what did they completely miss?

Examples from classic and modern science fiction are all welcome.

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