This thread reminds me of the Arthur C. Clarke quote that BMW used in one of the Olympics commercials (one of my favorite authors, so it grabbed my attention).
"Trying to predict the future is a discouraging and hazardous occupation...If by some miracle a prophet could describe the future exactly as it was going to take place, his predictions would sound so absurd that people everyone would laugh him to scorn. The only thing we can be sure of about the future is that it will be absolutely fantastic. So, if what I say now seems to you to be very reasonable, then I will have failed completely. Only if what I tell you appears absolutely unbelievable have we any chance of visualizing the future as it really will happen."
Only, in this case, I would substitute another adjective for "fantastic."
Any suggestions?