Top 10 Most Ironic Predictions

The Top Ten

1 Popular Mechanics - “Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons”

This is probably my favorite.

2 Variety Magazine - “Rock n’ Roll? It will be gone by June”

3 Decca Records executive - “The Beatles have no future in Show-business… Groups are out; four-piece groups with guitars, particularly, are finished”

4 The president of the Michigan Savings Bank - "The horse is here to stay but the automobile is just a novelty - a fad"

5 On the popularity of Harry Potter - "Children are not interested in wizards and witches anymore."

6 New York Times - "On the whole, people don’t want to lug a computer with them to the beach or on a train to while away hours they would rather spend reading the sports or business section of the newspaper"

7 New York Times - "Everyone’s always asking me when Apple will come out with a cell phone. My answer is, ‘Probably never.’"

8 New York Times - "A rocket will never be able to leave the Earth’s atmosphere."

9 On Elvis' future as a singer - "You're never going to make it."

10 American economist Irving Fisher, 3 weeks before Wall Street Crash of 1929 - "stocks have reached what looks like a permanently high plateau"

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