887: Future Timeline - Revision history

2601:1C0:8083:4230:7CA8:AFEA:794F:3307: Fixed Atlantis, for now

2026-02-24T18:24:41Z

Fixed Atlantis, for now

47.152.143.58: /* The predictions */

2025-12-21T18:39:08Z

‎The predictions

Lettherebedarklight: /* The predictions */ update

2025-09-19T07:51:29Z

‎The predictions: update

Lettherebedarklight: /* The predictions */ yeah

2025-09-19T07:44:40Z

‎The predictions: yeah

129.119.235.9: Chuo Shinkansen will not open in 2027 /* The predictions */

2025-09-02T20:06:48Z

Chuo Shinkansen will not open in 2027 ‎The predictions

Giraffequeries: Are we seriously going to wait for 2101 just to finish this? I have...some feeling about this wiki somehow lasting to that date.

2025-08-10T12:45:22Z

Are we seriously going to wait for 2101 just to finish this? I have...some feeling about this wiki somehow lasting to that date.

Aprilfoolsupdate!: /* Explanation */

2025-08-03T02:46:09Z

‎Explanation

Clarasaru: /* The predictions */ water shortages

2025-07-29T14:13:44Z

‎The predictions: water shortages

Clarasaru: /* The predictions */ edited water shortages section

2025-07-29T13:45:03Z

‎The predictions: edited water shortages section

Caralice: Undo revision 369868 by 172.71.210.77 (talk)

2025-03-23T14:21:14Z

Undo revision 369868 by 172.71.210.77 (talk)

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 | Atlantis emerges completely
 | {{w|Atlantis}} is the name of a fictional/hypothetical island, which is supposed to have been lost beneath the sea. It seems that it has taken 2 years for it to emerge completely.
+| False
 |-
 | Rock Bands die out

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 | 62 MPG cars introduced
 | 62 miles per gallon, ~3.8 L/100km. 62 MPG is a very good mileage rate at today's standard, even though [https://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=5231050&page=1 some cars can be driven carefully so as to attain over 100 MPG].
+| Somewhat true, hybrid cars reach around this amount.
 |-
 | US power fades

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 | Computers pass the Turing test
 | It is no coincidence that 2029 is the timeline for Terminator Movies.
-| Some computer programs already clear the Turing Test about 30% of the time.
+| Too late. ChatGPT [https://humsci.stanford.edu/feature/study-finds-chatgpts-latest-bot-behaves-humans-only-better passed the Turing Test in 2024]. See also [https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10907317/ A Turing test of whether AI chatbots are behaviorally similar to humans] (2024), and [https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.23674 Large Language Models Pass the Turing Test] (2025).
 |-
 | Aging reversed
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 | Computers controlled by thought
 | https://www.gizmag.com/future-mobile-technology/17554/
-| As of 2017, this is {{w|Brain–computer interface|already possible}}, but still not used in any mass available devices as of 2024.
+| As of 2017, this is {{w|Brain–computer interface|already possible}}, but still not used in any mass available devices as of {{CURRENTYEAR}}.
 |-
 | Realtors replaced by technology

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 | Newspapers become obsolete and die out
 | The increasing popularity of social media and online news has caused a steady decline in the popularity of print media.
-| False. Though newspapers (especially printed ones) are in decline, they are certainly not obsolete as of 2017, or 2022, for that matter.
+| False. Though newspapers (especially printed ones) are in decline, they are certainly not obsolete as of 2017, or {{CURRENTYEAR}}, for that matter.
 |-
 | Cosmetic surgery doubles

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 | rowspan="3"| 2027
 | Japan introduces new fastest Maglev train
-| Japan's railway systems are famous for their "bullet trains", or {{w|Shinkansen}}. The Chūō Shinkansen is planned to be opened in this year.
+| Japan's railway systems are famous for their "bullet trains", or {{w|Shinkansen}}. The {{w|Chūō Shinkansen}} was originally planned to be opened in this year.
+| In 2015, Japan set a speed record with the {{w|L0 series maglev}}, which remains unbroken as of 2025, and has since introduced improvements to the train. However, in 2024, JR Central [https://web.archive.org/web/20240330000706/https://japantoday.com/category/business/update1-japan-rail-operator-gives-up-plan-to-launch-maglev-train-in-2027 announced] opening the Chūō Shinkansen by 2027 is impossible.
 |-
 | Lyndon Larouche-planned Mars colony is established

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 | Two billion people face water shortages
 | https://english.pravda.ru/science/earth/28-01-2008/103693-water_crisis-0/
-| True. Estimates in 2025 suggest that ~ 2.2 billion people face chronic water insecurity today (https://sdgs.un.org/topics/water-and-sanitation) with up to 4 billion facing severe shortages at least one month of the year (https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.1500323)
+| True. As of 2025, [https://sdgs.un.org/topics/water-and-sanitation 2.2 billion people face ongoing water shortages]. In addition, [https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.1500323 about 4 billion people face severe shortages at least one month per year].
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 | 62 MPG cars introduced

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 }}
-{{TOC}}==Explanation==
+{{TOC}}
 This comic uses the same strategy as comic [[715: Numbers]], in which [[Randall]] uses Google to search for phrases and then charts the results. This one is charted as a timeline, whereas 715 was charted as line graphs.
 It is a list of things predicted or announced by anyone at any time (the ones you see on Google search using "by the year..." or similar statements).
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 ==The predictions==
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 | rowspan="5"| 2017
 | China completes lunar mission
-| The {{w|Chinese space program}} has plans for extraterrestrial exploration, including a manned mission to the moon.
+| The {{w|Chinese space program}} has plans for extraterrestrial exploration, including a manned mission to the Moon.
-| False. The first sample-return mission was completed in November 2020.
+Already having had success (prior to the comic) with lunar orbiters from 2007 onwards, the first lunar lander was 14 December 2013. The mission that the comic describes, however, is the first sample-return mission that returned to Earth 16 December 2020 (later than this prediction).
 |-
 | Social Security stops running surplus
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 | False.
 |-
-| China lands men and women on the moon
+| China lands men and women on the Moon
-| The {{w|Chinese space program}} has plans for extraterrestrial exploration, including a manned mission to the moon.
+| The {{w|Chinese space program}} has plans for extraterrestrial exploration, including a manned mission to the Moon.
-| False; the Chinese government planned a manned mission to the moon for the 2030s.
+Announcements in 2023 established that the Chinese crewed mission remains supposed to happen "by the year 2030".
 |-
-| NASA sets up permanent moon base
+| NASA sets up permanent Moon base
-| There has been a lot of hype recently about finally returning to the moon, vis-a-vis Orion.
+| There has been a lot of hype recently about finally returning to the Moon, vis-a-vis Orion.
-| Too early; the {{w|Artemis program}} plans to put the {{w|Lunar Gateway}} in orbit around the moon, which will be flown up in [https://www.nasa.gov/gateway-frequently-asked-questions four launches over the course of six years, beginning "no earlier than 2025"]
+| Too early; the {{w|Artemis program}} plans to put the {{w|Lunar Gateway}} in orbit around the Moon, which will be flown up in [https://www.nasa.gov/gateway-frequently-asked-questions four launches over the course of six years, beginning "no earlier than 2025"]
 |-
 | Female professionals pass males in pay