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Chargement... Never in a Million Yearspar Ivor Baddiel
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The authors of the bestselling NOT THE HIGHWAY CODE shine a light on the extensive back catalogue of dodgy predictions through the ages. The first end of the world prediction was recorded one second after the Big Bang and since then it has become the daddy of all predictions with, to date, no one getting it right. And human beings have been around for about 200,000 years, with very little evolutionary difference, and yet we still haven't developed X-Ray eyes or the ability to fly. In this book, Baddiel and Zucker examine the predictions that have been made since the dawn of time on a variety of subjects, from the end of the world and the human body, to global warming, robots in the workplace, teleportation and space exploration. With a witty and fresh tone, they examine how these predictions came about and why, and rate them for retrospective accuracy. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Granted, there is much to be gained from studying human-kind's admittedly terrible track record of prediction. But the authors miss the point completely, and seem happy to chortle away and damn those that try as loony and damn those that don't as spineless. There are much richer ideas and consequences that go fully unaddressed in this book.
All in all, a poor attempt at humour masquerading as science. Or vice versa.
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