[butlerweave]

Everyone and thing at the Equator will burst into flames and the water will boil causing clouds which will cause cooling and around and around we go

[fhayek]

A few years back, I picked up a book called "The Book of Predictions". It was written by the "Peoples Almanac" people. I got it for a buck. It was written in the 70's, I think, and it is a fascinating document. They asked 'psychics', futurists, historians, scientists, to predict the future. The book is fascinating for the predictions that they got wrong (cure for cancer, World War III, aliens, return of Jesus, anti-gravity devices).

It is also fascinating for what they missed. Ronald Reagan. The fall of the Soviet Union, 9-11, the Internet, AIDS.

Bottom line. Anyone who paints a picture of the future is almost 99% likely to be wrong. Humans can't predict the future. I mean, imagine the future had Hillary won. I key nexus in history that could have easily went the other way. History is chock full of them. And, well, ya never know...