Comments on: Bad Predictions

By: ed newman

ed newman — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 01:40:00 +0000

I made the same call as original writer with regard to world wide web when I first saw it via Mosaic. I had taken a class on the Internet and was impressed with how easy it was to research libraries in Berlin and Pisa via Veronica searches etc. and downloading info to my Mac at home. When we saw a website with Mosaic at end of class (1994) it was so slow loading, I said, “Who would ever want to do this?”

By: Mar

Mar — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 15:23:16 +0000

When I was a teenager, I went ice skating with a slightly older acquaintance of mine. We were flirting with some guys and she asked me what I thought about the one she was talking to. I said “I don’t think you two have much in common”. They’ve been happily married for 18 years and have two kids!

By: Yonit

Yonit — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 19:19:07 +0000

I know someone who passed on a business deal to sell bottled water. He didn’t think anyone would be stupid enough to pay for something they can get from the tap.

My FIL met someone who was developing frozen french fries and at the time my FIL and his coworkers thought he was crazy. Wouldn’t people rather buy them fresh?

Both stories show that consumers are a lot stupider than some people give them credit for. :)

By: Henry

Henry — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 05:18:37 +0000

Reality television will never last.

By: Laurie Mann

Laurie Mann — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 04:24:10 +0000

In 1994, I made my first purchase from the Web – a 3 pound wheel of cheese from Cabot Creamery.

By: Nick

Nick — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 21:23:31 +0000

In ‘94 I told my wife no one would ever buy anything over the internet.

By: Julian

Julian — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 19:36:16 +0000

A few years ago I was chatting with one of my mentors at work, And the discussion was who would be elected first a woman or an african american man as President of the United States. He said the american public is 50 years from being ready for that. Still could be fifty years, but as of right now the chances are good for either.

By: Kate

Kate — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 19:21:07 +0000

I can’t remember making a bad prediction, but I do remember making a GOOD one (told here not to be off topic but because I think it’s funny).

Couple of years ago, when iPods started getting fancier and having more space, I sarcastically told my mom “Ha, watch, next the stupid things will be able to make phone calls.”

By: alicia

alicia — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 17:32:30 +0000

I have a funny one from my father.

In the late 60’s, just as he’s turning into a teenager, he hears an album by an up and coming artist name Santana. He goes to the record store and buys it and walks home with his cousin David. He puts the album on, David listens to the whole thing and exclaims “They’ve got this all wrong. The lead guitarist (Santana) has no talent, its the Organ player who’s going to make it big”

By: Josh

Josh — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 16:33:00 +0000

“Seriously, there’s no WAY the American people are so stupid they’d elect this clown again, I don’t care how lame Kerry is.”