Guessing That the Granny Battle Will Be the Non-Event of the Age : Review
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If . . . The Generations Fall Out
BBC2, 9.00pm Frasier Channel 4, 11.05pm They call it futurology; you probably know it as guesswork. It is the art of turning a trend into a prophecy, of playing on the natural human fear of the unknown. Since the future is, by definition, unknowable, it allows you to make up some seriously scary stuff.See the full content of this document
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Guessing That the Granny Battle Will Be the Non-Event of the Age : Review
This week's If . . . was not entirely apocalyptic, nor was it entirely plausible, but it did a fairly good job of disturbing your equilibrium.
It took the simple facts of longevity, p...See the full content of this document
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