how did a cartoon predict the future?

How do the Simpsons predict so much?

The Simpsons is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company.  The first episode of the Simpsons released on December 17th 1989. Over the years, they predicted the future many times, today Abimael Machorro and I, Leslie Marrufo have looked at 18 times the Future was predicted...IN A CARTOON. Were all these times a coincidence? Is the show part of the Illuminate? Let's get into these details and determine an answer.