Among the spectacularly wrong - but not actually harmful - historical misjudgements is this statement made by Heinrich Hertz:
"I do not think that the wireless waves that I have discovered will have any practical application."
Lord Kelvin merely compounded the error when he said:
"Radio has no future."
So, be sceptical - very sceptical - of those who claim to foretell the future.
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