In 1946, Darryl F. Zanuck, head of 20th Century-Fox said: Television won't be able to hold on to any market it captures after the first six months. People will soon get tired of staring at a plywood box every night.
Dr. Dionysus Lardner (1793-1859), Professor of Natural Philosophy and Astronomy once said: Rail travel at high speed is not possible because passengers, unable to breathe, would die of asphyxia.
And from a 1949 Popular Mechanics magazine: Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons.
A list of inventions that were ridiculed by esteemed individuals, only for the product to become a raging success.
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When I was in 7th grade, our science teacher told us we could never go to the moon because no one could live the years it would take to get there.
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