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| A human celebrates his or her 130th birthday |
   
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37 | 29.13% |
| A mile-high skyscraper is built somewhere in the world |
  
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14 | 11.02% |
| A single war produces more than 20 million deaths |
  
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36 | 28.35% |
| A third party holds the US Presidency |
  
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36 | 28.35% |
| A U.S. president is assassinated |
  
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52 | 40.94% |
| Anti-gravity is brought into everyday use |
  
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10 | 7.87% |
| Artificial intelligence routinely conducts media interviews |
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23 | 18.11% |
| At least one dinosaur will be alive |
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10 | 7.87% |
| At least one human will have their brain transplanted into a cloned version of their own body. |
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17 | 13.39% |
| Brick and mortar stores will cease to be the major means of purchases in the U.S. |
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53 | 41.73% |
| Chiefs win a Super Bowl |
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79 | 62.20% |
| Cure for cancer (Late-stage survival rates > 97%) |
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29 | 22.83% |
| Earthquake of Magnitude 8.3 or greater strikes somewhere in the continental U.S. |
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73 | 57.48% |
| Evidence of a pre-Ice Age civilization is discovered |
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12 | 9.45% |
| Faster than light travel is achieved (human transport) |
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8 | 6.30% |
| Flying cars |
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23 | 18.11% |
| 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% |
| Households manufacture all necessary goods themselves, purchasing only raw materials and plans for 3D printing |
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14 | 11.02% |
| Human sets foot on Mars |
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66 | 51.97% |
| Humans can communicate directly with at least two species of animals. |
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14 | 11.02% |
| Implantable computer/phone/internet devices are in 80+% of Americans |
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33 | 25.98% |
| Large scale nuclear bomb dropped or launched in a hostile act |
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40 | 31.50% |
| Major epidemic kills 10% or more of the US population |
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18 | 14.17% |
| Major epidemic kills 25% or more of a nation’s population (nation > 10 million people) |
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23 | 18.11% |
| Major meteor strike or other interplanetary event kills 1 million or more people |
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5 | 3.94% |
| One-world government is established |
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14 | 11.02% |
| 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% |
| Peaceful resolution to the Israel-Arab conflicts is achieved |
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1 | 0.79% |
| Permanent cessation of Islamic extremism and terrorism |
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2 | 1.57% |
| Permanent human presence on Mars |
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5 | 3.94% |
| Permanent human presence on the moon |
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18 | 14.17% |
| Poverty is eliminated in the U.S., based on minimum standards of living that are achieved |
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5 | 3.94% |
| Proof of extraterrestrial life is confirmed |
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35 | 27.56% |
| Race is no longer an issue of conflict, contention, or policy in the U.S. |
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5 | 3.94% |
| Robot labor means that humans do not have to work to obtain basic needs (food, clothing, shelter) |
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13 | 10.24% |
| Robot labor provides household servants for the middle class (maid, butler, etc.) |
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26 | 20.47% |
| Small-scale radiation dirty bomb set off in hostile act |
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60 | 47.24% |
| Space tourism becomes a feasible option for the American middle class |
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33 | 25.98% |
| The US Senate OR House becomes majority female |
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8 | 6.30% |
| The world ends as described in the holy book of your choice |
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6 | 4.72% |
| Time travel to the future (more than one day) |
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1 | 0.79% |
| Time travel to the past (more than one day) |
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2 | 1.57% |
| 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% |
| U.S. is no longer the world’s most powerful nation |
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70 | 55.12% |
| U.S. no longer needs petroleum products as energy source |
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25 | 19.69% |
| U.S. splits into two or more countries |
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10 | 7.87% |
| None of these things will occur within 50 years. |
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1 | 0.79% |
| Poll fail. We will invent time travel, so the future will cease to exist. |
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5 | 3.94% |
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Mile-high skyscraper.
I agreed with cdcox on this, and voted no, though for a somewhat different reason. Simply put, I don't think a building that large is necessary in any sense. The current tallest buildings are being built solely as a tourism attraction; it's not that there's a need to build that high. I think the cost would be very high and there are better ways to invest in a tourism infrastructure. I think humans COULD build a building that tall, but I don't think anyone will want to, and I don't think businesses would want to be in the building. Frankly, it would be inconvenient if you were on an upper floor, not to mention a host of safety and security concerns.
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