{"id":999,"date":"2017-02-28T12:53:42","date_gmt":"2017-02-28T12:53:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gralienreport.com\/x\/?p=999"},"modified":"2019-08-01T15:12:21","modified_gmt":"2019-08-01T15:12:21","slug":"tgr-02-27-17-the-fiction-that-predicted-the-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/micahhanks.com\/x\/2017\/02\/28\/tgr-02-27-17-the-fiction-that-predicted-the-future\/","title":{"rendered":"02.27.17. The Fiction That Predicted the Future"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_62\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-999-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/gralienreport\/TGR_022717_The_Fiction_That_Predicted_the_Future.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/gralienreport\/TGR_022717_The_Fiction_That_Predicted_the_Future.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/gralienreport\/TGR_022717_The_Fiction_That_Predicted_the_Future.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/gralienreport\/TGR_022717_The_Fiction_That_Predicted_the_Future.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/micahhanks.com\/x\/?powerpress_pinw=999-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/gralienreport\/TGR_022717_The_Fiction_That_Predicted_the_Future.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"TGR_022717_The_Fiction_That_Predicted_the_Future.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10114 lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.gralienreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/1300-650x400.jpg\" alt=\"1300\" width=\"650\" height=\"400\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 650px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 650\/400;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This week on The Gralien Report, we kick things off with a look at &#8220;Envelopegate&#8221;, the alleged conspiracy that overtook the Internet in the aftermath of an Oscar-night snafu. Elsewhere, what are the mystery creatures washing ashore in the Philippines as of late? Also in the news, has physicist Brian Cox managed to disprove the existence of ghosts, using the Large Hadron Collider?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/gralienreport\/TGR_022717_The_Fiction_That_Predicted_the_Future.mp3\"><strong>TGR 02.27.17. The Fiction That Predicted the Future<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Then in Hour Two, we take a look at instances where fiction authors managed to make remarkably accurate predictions about the future in their work. Ranging from Edgar Allan Poe and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, to visionaries like Arthur C. Clarke, Aldous Huxley, and George Orwell, whose famous book\u00a0<em>1984\u00a0<\/em>has seen something of a renaissance in this era of &#8220;fake news&#8221; and surveillance. However, the most incredibly accurate set of predictions about the future appeared in a lesser-known novel written in 1969, which presents a truly eerie set of coincidences&#8230; or was there something more at work in the mind of this author, and others who managed to foretell the impossible?<\/p>\n<p>Special thanks to our sponsors at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blueapron.com\/micah\"><strong>Blue Apron<\/strong><\/a> for this edition of the program; try Blue Apron today, and get your first three meals for free (and with free shipping) by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blueapron.com\/micah\"><strong>clicking here to visit\u00a0our special Blue Apron page<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week on The Gralien Report, we kick things off with a look at &#8220;Envelopegate&#8221;, the alleged conspiracy that overtook the Internet in the aftermath of an Oscar-night snafu. Elsewhere, what are the mystery creatures washing ashore in the Philippines as of late? 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