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		gfodor on Jan 7, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The End of the Beginning I think his hypothesis deserves more credit than that — many of his predictions have come to pass, and many of those that have, at the time they were predicted, seemed somewhat far fetched since they were firmly in the realm of science fiction.

chrisco255 on Jan 8, 2020 [–]

It doesn't matter. Each prediction has to be weighed on its own merit against ever-evolving reality. Even Einstein didn't bat a thousand.

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