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   From: rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com   
      
   Bernard Peek  wrote   
   > 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,   
      
   That is very arguable, particularly with the early SF.   
      
   > it's far more likely to warn us of something   
   > that might happen if we don't work to avoid it.   
      
   That is more of a recent phenomenon.   
      
   > George Orwell predicted the surveillance society.   
      
   But got it utterly wrong with lots of the detail.   
      
   We didn't even see much of Animal Farm in the west.   
      
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