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Pastimes : Nostradamus: Predictions
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To: Father Terrence who wrote (1286)8/14/1999 10:08:00 PM
From: Richnorth  Read Replies (1) of 1615
 
I agree that even if A.C.C. is only 50% right, it would be great to be still around in 2100! I think he himself would like to be around, too. I am somewhat surprised he didn't mention the possibility of extending one's lifespan indefinitely. Maybe because he now resides in the tax-haven of Sri Lanka and has become familiar with local mystical doctrine that the maximum human lifespan is about 144 years, he omitted speculating on immortality.

However, I think A. C. Clarke is being somewhat optimistic by at least ten years! He himself admits to being optimistic this time as he was ten years late in his prediction for the first moon landing and because he now thinks that one's optimism generally tends to be self-fulfilling!

I guess he would have been right on the money regarding his prediction (1978) for the first moon landing had it not been for the "accelerated" (due to the Cold War, national pride and international prestige) efforts of the US to beat the Soviets to the moon.

P.S. I thought the recent Mars explorations and flybies have debunked the theory regarding the "face" on Mars and the nearby non-natural structures. The "facial features" were attributed to light and shadows due to sunlight falling on natural rock formations.

If I am not mistaken, Jonathan Swift, the author of Gullivers' Travels, mentioned Phobos and Deimos as the moons seen by the inhabitants of a strange land. Was Swift somehow aware of the existence of those Martian moons long before they were officially discovered? Or did he possess some unusual/forgotten ancient knowledge which was the legacy of some past interplanetary travellers?
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