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Professor Gary Simon is quoted in a story on accurate predictions “The Simpsons” made about the future

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Excerpt from Mic -- "'The example … is that The Simpsons had something that looked much like an Apple Watch,' Gary Simon, a retired professor of statistics at New York University Stern School of Business, said in a Skype call. 'Well, you know, a communications device on the wrist goes back to Dick Tracy, and the features on the Apple Watch are not going to match exactly the features that The Simpsons would have had on the watch. You have to decide whether that’s an effective prediction or not,' Simon said."

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