futurology
noun[U]
uk/fjuːtʃərˈɒlədʒi/usthestudyofsocial,political, andtechnicaldevelopmentsinordertounderstandwhat mayhappenin thefuture
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Five of them would involve such massive expenditure that we could not possibly consider them, except as an exercise infuturology, at the present time.
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This is notfuturology; it is not something that will happen in 10 years time — it has happened already.
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Moreover, according to my information, the calculations and forecasts are purefuturology.
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Of course, energy forecasting isfuturology, and it has been said many times that the only certainty about it is uncertainty.
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I am not indulging infuturology.
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Of course, it is very easy to dismiss all medium or long-range forecasting asfuturology, something that sensible and practical men should have nothing to do with.
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It deals with various science fiction elements such as spontaneous generation,futurology, the end of the world and doomsday, resurrection, and the afterlife.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Around the world the field is variously referred to as futures studies, strategic foresight, futuristics, futures thinking, futuring,futurology, and futurism.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He is a critic offuturologyand geoengineering.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He has been investigatingfuturologyabout virtual worlds, cybernetics, greentech, electromagnetics warfare, bioelectromagnetism, environmental health and pollutions.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Increasing natural intelligence through genetic engineering or brain-computer interfacing is a common motif infuturologyand science fiction.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Future studies, orfuturology, is the science, art and practice of postulating possible futures.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Rather, it appears to be an application to traditional theodicy of pragmatist and post-modernist philosophy, as well as cognitive psychology and transhumanistfuturology.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He writes and speaks on a wide range of topics, including science, information technology, emerging technologies, virtual worlds, space exploration andfuturology.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Futurologyis defined as the study of the future.
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