Monday, August 13, 2007

certainly

This is a list of failed predictions. Some favorites:
  • February 20, 1524 - Worldwide deluge according to German astrologer Johann Stoffler (later moved to 1588)
  • 1882 & 1911 - End of the world according to Scottish astrologer Charles Piazzi Smyth based on the calculations of the great pyramid of Giza
  • 1952 - evangelist Billy Graham stated "It's all going to be over"
  • "I have traveled the length and breadth of this country and talked with the best people, and I can assure you that data processing is a fad that won't last out the year." -- The editor in charge of business books for Prentice Hall, 1957.
  • "Who the hell wants to hear actors talk?" -- H. M. Warner, co-founder of Warner Brothers, 1927.
Also see Unfulfilled religious prophecies made by Christians.