How long do predictions take to come true?

History repeats itself. That was one of the reasons that Simpsons screenwriter Bill Oakley gave to explain the series' predictions. In recent years, the belief that the Simpsons advance the future in its episodes such as Trump's election as president or the most current has been strengthened coronavirus pandemic. It is clear that the creators of The Simpsons have a knack for anticipating themselves, as a graph showing the exact time it took for each prediction to come true

Young Seffana Mohamed, an analytical consultant, has recorded all of The Simpsons' predictions and compared it to the moment it happened in real life. In this way you can see at a glance how long they have taken to comply. This interactive graph shows f or example what happened 21 years until Disney acquired 21st Century Fox

or just 2 years after the end of Game of Thrones. In total, he has registered 39 predictions that have been fulfilled, some as striking as the discovery of the Higgs Boson or the winner of the semifinal of the 2018 World Cup.

The Simpsons Predictions Chart — Graph that shows the time it takes for predictions to come true

Possibly everything is a great coincidence, as Bill Oakley said, but it is quite curious. The most successful television series try to get as close to reality as possible so that viewers feel identified at some point. And then they add an absurd touch to take situations to the extreme. That is one of the keys to The Simpsons

or Rick and Morty who has also made a reference to the coronavirus in its latest episode.