Charles Darwin, writing in the foreword to On the Origin of Species, 1859<\/span><\/p>\n

Economist Irving Fisher in October 1929, three days before the stock market crash that triggered the Great Depression
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A Decca Records executive to the band\u2019s manager, Brian Epstein, following an audition in 1962. He continued: \u201cWe don\u2019t like your boys\u2019 sound. Groups are out. Four-piece groups with guitars, particularly, are finished.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Guglielmo Marconi, pioneer of radio, writing in Technical World magazine, October 1912<\/span><\/p>\n

Kaiser Wilhelm II to German troops at the outset of World War One, August 1914<\/span><\/p>\n

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<\/span><\/strong>Lt. Joseph Ives, after visiting the Grand Canyon in 1861<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Robert Millikan, American physicist and Nobel Prize winner, 1923<\/span><\/p>\n

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Robert Metcalfe, inventor of Ethernet, in InfoWorld magazine, December 1995<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The president of the Michigan Savings Bank advising Henry Ford\u2019s lawyer, Horace Rackham, not to invest in the Ford Motor Company, 1903<\/span><\/p>\n
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William Orton, president of Western Union, in 1876, when Alexander Graham Bell tried to sell the company his invention<\/span><\/p>\n
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Charlie Chaplin in 1916, two years into his big-screen acting career. The rest of the quote: \u201cIt\u2019s canned drama. What audiences really want to see is flesh and blood on the stage.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n
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An aide to British military commander Field Marshal Haig wrote this in a report following a tank demonstration, 1916<\/span><\/p>\n
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Thomas Edison, 1889. The lightbulb inventor insisted his own direct current (DC) system was superior to competitor George Westinghouse\u2019s AC power, and took every opportunity to discredit alternating current<\/span><\/p>\n
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<\/span><\/strong>Mary Somerville, pioneer of radio educational broadcasts, 1948<\/span><\/p>\n
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<\/span><\/strong>Byte magazine editor Edmund DeJesus, 1998<\/span><\/p>\n
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Alan Sugar, 2005<\/span><\/p>\n
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Popular Mechanics, 1949<\/span><\/p>\n
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Sci-fi writer Bruce Sterling in The New York Times, 2007<\/span><\/p>\n
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Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, 2007<\/span><\/p>\n
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(from Barnorama http:\/\/www.barnorama.com\/bad-predictions\/)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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