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《麻省理工科技评论》 第129卷 第1期 · 2026年1月刊 · 中文解读

《辛普森一家》的水晶球

The Simpsons' crystal ball · Amelia Tait
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本文采访了《辛普森一家》的长期制片人阿尔·吉恩,探讨该剧多次“预测”未来事件的现象及其背后的逻辑。
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The Simpsons’ crystal ball Every so often, a bit from the long-running comedy seems to come true— which causes the entire internet to have a cow, man. By Amelia Tait The Simpsons—yes, the car- toon—has predicted the future anywhere from 17 to 55 times. There was the time newly inaugurated President Lisa Simpson mentioned that her predecessor had been Donald Trump—in 2000, 17 years before the real estate mogul became the 45th leader of the United States. [ 1] And—somehow!—Simpsons writers just knew that the US Olympic curling team would beat Sweden eight whole years before it happened. [2] But have any of your so-called “predictions” made even you pause? There are a couple of really bizarre coin- cidences. …
摘自《麻省理工科技评论》(MIT Technology Review)第129卷 第1期 · 2026年1月刊,Amelia Tait。仅引用开头一小段供了解文章,版权归原刊所有,全文请阅读原刊。
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