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   From: bap@shrdlu.com   
      
   On 10/01/14 05:40, David Dalton wrote:   
   > What are some cases where science fiction has successfully   
   > predicted scientific or technological advances?   
      
      
   In general SF doesn't try to predict the future, it's far more likely to   
   warn us of something that might happen if we don't work to avoid it.   
      
   George Orwell predicted the surveillance society.   
      
      
      
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   Bernard Peek   
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