A hundred years ago, scientists and sociologists also predicted that in 2023 there would be a four-hour workday and people would live to be 300-years-old.
A lot can change in a century — or not much at all.
They also, however, correctly predicted the use of cell phones, drone warfare and the conquering of diseases such as polio and leprosy, according the now-viral Twitter thread, by Paul Fairie, a researcher and instructor at the University of Calgary. was partially correct, as it predicted that medical science would end cancer, as well as tuberculosis, infantile paralysis and leprosy.
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