The book The World's Worst Predictions lists some of history's all-time prophetic goofs:
- King George II said in 1773 that the American colonies had little stomach for revolution.
- An official of the White Star Line, speaking of the firm's newly built flagship, the Titanic, launched in 1912, declared that the ship was unsinkable.
- In 1939 The New York Times said the proble…
Reader's Digest, The World's Worst Predictions, by Staff