#19: Predictions Over the Years, The Simpsons
I don’t know what makes conspiracy theories so tempting to believe. Maybe it’s because they offer some semblance of control or order in a world that can often appear random and meaningless. Even if that order is scary, it at least relieves us of the feeling of chaos.
But while I am tempted to believe that maybe The Simpsons writers do have some secret knowledge on a historical scale, there would appear to be a much simpler explanation for their consistent predictions. When you write with over 700 episodes, some of your storylines are bound to come true. Or perhaps one of the writers is a time traveler… We’ll never know.