Remember Arther C. Clarke’s first rule of prediction: When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong? New Scientist has compiled a list of 10 things people once believed scientifically impossible!

My favorite three on the list are force fields, invisibility, and teleportation. I really can’t wait for teleportation to become a standard mode of transport. Talk about energy independence. Don’t need no Hummer 2 if you can just beam around. Of course, the energy required to beam people safely will probably do little to stem oil consumption so we’d be screwed there. But it’d be freaking cool! Japan to watch Kamen Rider, France for snails, and Korea for zombie musical!

Thanks to Nelly for the tip.

[Via New Scientist]

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