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View Poll Results: Which of these will happen within 50 years? Check all that apply.
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A human celebrates his or her 130th birthday
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37 |
29.13% |
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A mile-high skyscraper is built somewhere in the world
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14 |
11.02% |
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A single war produces more than 20 million deaths
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36 |
28.35% |
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A third party holds the US Presidency
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36 |
28.35% |
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A U.S. president is assassinated
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52 |
40.94% |
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Anti-gravity is brought into everyday use
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10 |
7.87% |
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Artificial intelligence routinely conducts media interviews
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23 |
18.11% |
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At least one dinosaur will be alive
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10 |
7.87% |
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At least one human will have their brain transplanted into a cloned version of their own body.
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17 |
13.39% |
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Brick and mortar stores will cease to be the major means of purchases in the U.S.
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53 |
41.73% |
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Chiefs win a Super Bowl
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79 |
62.20% |
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Cure for cancer (Late-stage survival rates > 97%)
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29 |
22.83% |
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Earthquake of Magnitude 8.3 or greater strikes somewhere in the continental U.S.
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73 |
57.48% |
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Evidence of a pre-Ice Age civilization is discovered
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12 |
9.45% |
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Faster than light travel is achieved (human transport)
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8 |
6.30% |
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Flying cars
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23 |
18.11% |
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Food shortages lead to permanent ban on consumption of meat in at least one country (population > 10 million)
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23 |
18.11% |
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Households manufacture all necessary goods themselves, purchasing only raw materials and plans for 3D printing
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14 |
11.02% |
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Human sets foot on Mars
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66 |
51.97% |
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Humans can communicate directly with at least two species of animals.
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14 |
11.02% |
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Implantable computer/phone/internet devices are in 80+% of Americans
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33 |
25.98% |
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Large scale nuclear bomb dropped or launched in a hostile act
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40 |
31.50% |
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Major epidemic kills 10% or more of the US population
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18 |
14.17% |
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Major epidemic kills 25% or more of a nation’s population (nation > 10 million people)
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23 |
18.11% |
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Major meteor strike or other interplanetary event kills 1 million or more people
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5 |
3.94% |
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One-world government is established
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14 |
11.02% |
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Prenatal selection of certain traits will be possible for the middle class (e.g., height, nose shape, eye color)
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46 |
36.22% |
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Peaceful resolution to the Israel-Arab conflicts is achieved
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1 |
0.79% |
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Permanent cessation of Islamic extremism and terrorism
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2 |
1.57% |
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Permanent human presence on Mars
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5 |
3.94% |
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Permanent human presence on the moon
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18 |
14.17% |
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Poverty is eliminated in the U.S., based on minimum standards of living that are achieved
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5 |
3.94% |
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Proof of extraterrestrial life is confirmed
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35 |
27.56% |
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Race is no longer an issue of conflict, contention, or policy in the U.S.
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5 |
3.94% |
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Robot labor means that humans do not have to work to obtain basic needs (food, clothing, shelter)
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13 |
10.24% |
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Robot labor provides household servants for the middle class (maid, butler, etc.)
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26 |
20.47% |
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Small-scale radiation dirty bomb set off in hostile act
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60 |
47.24% |
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Space tourism becomes a feasible option for the American middle class
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33 |
25.98% |
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The US Senate OR House becomes majority female
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8 |
6.30% |
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The world ends as described in the holy book of your choice
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6 |
4.72% |
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Time travel to the future (more than one day)
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1 |
0.79% |
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Time travel to the past (more than one day)
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2 |
1.57% |
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U.S. adds at least one new state from territory that is not part of a current state
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32 |
25.20% |
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U.S. is no longer the world’s most powerful nation
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70 |
55.12% |
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U.S. no longer needs petroleum products as energy source
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25 |
19.69% |
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U.S. splits into two or more countries
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10 |
7.87% |
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None of these things will occur within 50 years.
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1 |
0.79% |
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Poll fail. We will invent time travel, so the future will cease to exist.
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5 |
3.94% |
11-25-2014, 09:45 PM
VARSITY
Which of these things will happen in the next fifty years?
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