Wilbur Wright Predicted Humans Would Not Fly for 50 Years
PeterDiamandis · x · 2026-09-01
In 1901, Wilbur Wright predicted that humans would not fly for 50 years. Just two years later, the Wright brothers achieved the first powered flights. Being so wrong shocked Wilbur, leading him to distrust his own predictions thereafter.
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