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Despite its wealth of ingenuity, science fiction has never been known for the accuracy of its foresight; however, a notable minority of its authors have managed more than a middling degree of__________, correctly predicting such inventions as the Internet.

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Despite its wealth of ingenuity, science fiction has never been known [#permalink] New post   04 Aug 2021, 07:57
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Fiction is never known for the accuracy of its foresight (Future telling). BUT some authors have managed more than middling degree of foretelling/prefiguring, correctly predicting such inventions as the Internet.

We need a word that supports ' correctly predicting '.

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