I enjoyed answering the question because I got to talk about my favorite genre, futuristics.
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He has also contributed to futuristics, and with Olaf Helmer and Norman Dalkey, invented the Delphi method of forecasting.
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Around the world the field is variously referred to as futures studies, strategic foresight, futuristics, futures thinking or futuring.
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Rescher has also worked in the area of futuristics, and along with Olaf Helmer and Norman Dalkey is co-inaugurator of the so-called Delphi method of forecasting.
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Futurology: the study or prediction of future developments on the basis of existing conditions
(futuristic) of or relating to futurism; "futurist art"
Futurology (may also be referred as futures studies or foresight) is the study of postulating possible, probable, and preferable futures and the worldviews and myths that underlie them. There is a debate as to whether this discipline is an art or science. ...
(Futuristic) The future is the indefinite time period after the present. Whether it's less than a millisecond away or a billion years, its arrival is considered inevitable due to the existence of time and the laws of physics. ...
(futuristic) Of technology, a concept, etc, advanced so far beyond that which is current as to appear to be from the future
(FUTURISTIC) No other reason why it looks the way it does.