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		rf15 5 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Arthur C. Clarke predicted a computer-dominated fu... We should really stop calling it a "prediction" if past fiction coincides with our current state of affairs

cam_l 5 months ago [–]

self forefilling prophecy?

timbit42 5 months ago | [–]

Self-fulfilling prophecy.

cam_l 5 months ago | | [–]

I honestly cannot remember if this was part of the joke or an innocent typo.

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