0 the study of social, political, and technical developments in order to understand what may happen in the future
Five of them would involve such massive expenditure that we could not possibly consider them, except as an exercise in futurology, at the present time.
This is not futurology; it is not something that will happen in 10 years time — it has happened already.
Moreover, according to my information, the calculations and forecasts are pure futurology.
Of course, energy forecasting is futurology, and it has been said many times that the only certainty about it is uncertainty.
I am not indulging in futurology.
Of course, it is very easy to dismiss all medium or long-range forecasting as futurology, something that sensible and practical men should have nothing to do with.
It deals with various science fiction elements such as spontaneous generation, futurology, the end of the world and doomsday, resurrection, and the afterlife.
Around the world the field is variously referred to as futures studies, strategic foresight, futuristics, futures thinking, futuring, futurology, and futurism.
