This document provides examples of predictions from experts throughout history that turned out to be wrong. Some of the predictions included: - Thomas Watson predicting there would only be a market for 5 computers (1943) - Albert Einstein saying nuclear energy would never be obtainable (1932) - A cigar maker turning down the idea that cigarettes would become popular (1870) - An astronomer saying it was impossible for humanity to reach the moon (1932)

1. “ It’ll Never Work!”

2. I think there is a world market for maybe five computers. - Thomas J. Watson Snr., IBM Chairman, 1943

3. There is not the slightest indication that [nuclear energy] will ever be obtainable. It would mean that the atom would have to be shattered at will. - Albert Einstein, 1932.

4. Your cigarettes will never become popular. - F. G. Alton, 1870 cigar maker, turning down Mr. John Player

5. There is no hope for the fanciful idea of reaching the Moon because of insurmountable barriers to escaping the Earth's gravity. - Dr. Forest Ray Moulton, University of Chicago astronomer, 1932

6. There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in their home. - Ken Olson, President of Digital Corporation, 1977

7. Television won't be able to hold on to any market it captures after the first six months. People will soon get tired of staring at a plywood box every night. - Darryl F. Zanuck, Head of 20th Century-Fox, 1946.

8. ...no possible combination of known substances, known forms of machinery, and known forms of force, can be united in a practical machine by which man shall fly long distances through the air... - Simon Newcomb (1835-1909), astronomer, head of the U.S. Naval Observatory