Iranian ‘time machine’ can ‘predict’ oil prices and wars

An Iranian inventor claims to have created a ‘time machine’ that can predict a person’s future. He boasts that the device is relatively cheap, but says he has not built one yet because he fears that the Chinese will steal his idea.

Ali Razeghi, 27, has
submitted his invention to the state-run Centre for Strategic
Inventions for registration.

The device is called “The
Aryayek Time Traveling Machine,” FARS news agency reported. Razeghi
said he worked on his creation for the last 10 years, resulting in
a desktop-computer-sized machine that can “predict five to eight
years of the future life of any individual, with 98 percent
accuracy.”

The man, who has 179 other
inventions under his belt, eyes governmental applications for his
prediction device with uses both civilian and military.

“Naturally a government
that can see five years into the future would be able to prepare
itself for challenges that might destabilize it,” he explained.
“As such we expect to market this invention among states as well
as individuals once we reach a mass-production
stage.”

Razeghi also claimed to have
beaten competitors working on similar devices: “The Americans
are trying to make this invention by spending millions of dollars
on it where I have already achieved it by a fraction of the
cost.”

He added that he is concerned
about industrial espionage, as other nations will be eager to learn
his secrets. “The reason that we are not launching our prototype
at this stage is that the Chinese will steal the idea and produce
it in millions overnight,” he said.

Predicting the future, even
on relatively narrow issues, is a notoriously complex task. It
usually requires creating an accurate computer model of a system
that takes into account numerous factors, and often requires plenty
of computational power. Predicting a future event in its entirety
is virtually impossible with existing technology.