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A human celebrates his or her 130th birthday | 37 | 29.13% | |
A mile-high skyscraper is built somewhere in the world | 14 | 11.02% | |
A single war produces more than 20 million deaths | 36 | 28.35% | |
A third party holds the US Presidency | 36 | 28.35% | |
A U.S. president is assassinated | 52 | 40.94% | |
Anti-gravity is brought into everyday use | 10 | 7.87% | |
Artificial intelligence routinely conducts media interviews | 23 | 18.11% | |
At least one dinosaur will be alive | 10 | 7.87% | |
At least one human will have their brain transplanted into a cloned version of their own body. | 17 | 13.39% | |
Brick and mortar stores will cease to be the major means of purchases in the U.S. | 53 | 41.73% | |
Chiefs win a Super Bowl | 79 | 62.20% | |
Cure for cancer (Late-stage survival rates > 97%) | 29 | 22.83% | |
Earthquake of Magnitude 8.3 or greater strikes somewhere in the continental U.S. | 73 | 57.48% | |
Evidence of a pre-Ice Age civilization is discovered | 12 | 9.45% | |
Faster than light travel is achieved (human transport) | 8 | 6.30% | |
Flying cars | 23 | 18.11% | |
Food shortages lead to permanent ban on consumption of meat in at least one country (population > 10 million) | 23 | 18.11% | |
Households manufacture all necessary goods themselves, purchasing only raw materials and plans for 3D printing | 14 | 11.02% | |
Human sets foot on Mars | 66 | 51.97% | |
Humans can communicate directly with at least two species of animals. | 14 | 11.02% | |
Implantable computer/phone/internet devices are in 80+% of Americans | 33 | 25.98% | |
Large scale nuclear bomb dropped or launched in a hostile act | 40 | 31.50% | |
Major epidemic kills 10% or more of the US population | 18 | 14.17% | |
Major epidemic kills 25% or more of a nation’s population (nation > 10 million people) | 23 | 18.11% | |
Major meteor strike or other interplanetary event kills 1 million or more people | 5 | 3.94% | |
One-world government is established | 14 | 11.02% | |
Prenatal selection of certain traits will be possible for the middle class (e.g., height, nose shape, eye color) | 46 | 36.22% | |
Peaceful resolution to the Israel-Arab conflicts is achieved | 1 | 0.79% | |
Permanent cessation of Islamic extremism and terrorism | 2 | 1.57% | |
Permanent human presence on Mars | 5 | 3.94% | |
Permanent human presence on the moon | 18 | 14.17% | |
Poverty is eliminated in the U.S., based on minimum standards of living that are achieved | 5 | 3.94% | |
Proof of extraterrestrial life is confirmed | 35 | 27.56% | |
Race is no longer an issue of conflict, contention, or policy in the U.S. | 5 | 3.94% | |
Robot labor means that humans do not have to work to obtain basic needs (food, clothing, shelter) | 13 | 10.24% | |
Robot labor provides household servants for the middle class (maid, butler, etc.) | 26 | 20.47% | |
Small-scale radiation dirty bomb set off in hostile act | 60 | 47.24% | |
Space tourism becomes a feasible option for the American middle class | 33 | 25.98% | |
The US Senate OR House becomes majority female | 8 | 6.30% | |
The world ends as described in the holy book of your choice | 6 | 4.72% | |
Time travel to the future (more than one day) | 1 | 0.79% | |
Time travel to the past (more than one day) | 2 | 1.57% | |
U.S. adds at least one new state from territory that is not part of a current state | 32 | 25.20% | |
U.S. is no longer the world’s most powerful nation | 70 | 55.12% | |
U.S. no longer needs petroleum products as energy source | 25 | 19.69% | |
U.S. splits into two or more countries | 10 | 7.87% | |
None of these things will occur within 50 years. | 1 | 0.79% | |
Poll fail. We will invent time travel, so the future will cease to exist. | 5 | 3.94% | |
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11-29-2014, 11:58 PM | #1 |
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It would be cool.
If I was about to die, I'd also consider transplanting my brain into a dinosaur body.
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