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Skepticism, Science & Pseudoscience

muriel_volestrangler

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5. Reminds me of the Elvis impersonator extrapolation

Reply to Backseat Driver (Original post)

Sun Aug 23, 2020, 11:18 AM

Aug 2020

Here's something to ponder over your hot cross bun. In 1977, the year the King died, there were 185 Elvis impersonators in the world. In 2005 there were 186,000. At this rate, by the year 2060 one in four people on the planet will be sporting a quiff, a curled lip and an indecently tight white jumpsuit.

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2007/apr/07/featuresreviews.guardianreview28

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Reading/watching too much sci-fi? [View all] Backseat Driver Aug 2020 OP

Add "The Nine Billion Names of God" to your reading list. LunaSea Aug 2020 #1

While I know what the words "too much sci-fi" mean, in that order they make no sense. Dial H For Hero Aug 2020 #2

See also "too much chocolate"... Dr. Strange Aug 2020 #4

There is no such thing as reading too much sci fi. DavidDvorkin Aug 2020 #3

Right. PoindexterOglethorpe Aug 2020 #6

Reminds me of the Elvis impersonator extrapolation muriel_volestrangler Aug 2020 #5