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Sometimes the datedness is a bit more subtle. It's possible that the prediction turned out to be technologically or aesthetically correct (or at least on the right track), but the prediction still fails because of [[Values Dissonance|the would-be prophet's implicit assumption that social values will be the same in the future as in his or her own time]] (as demonstrated in the page image).
 
GetsThe trope gets its name and definition from ''[[The Meaning of Liff]]'' by [[Douglas Adams]] and John Lloyd, a book of [[neologism]]s<ref>actually, repurposed place names</ref> concocted by the two. Not to be confused with the South African town of the same name (Adams and Lloyd mostly used actual place names for their words).
 
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