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Children of Men was off by only a few years then

> Children of Men was off by only a few years then

For everyone else:

[In 2027, after 18 years of total human infertility and global depression, the world is on the brink of collapse and humanity faces extinction.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children_of_Men#Plot)

So according to the movie it started in 2009. The movie was released in 2006.

She should lose her PhD for "stupid extrapolation".

And that's how the world will look like then: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088083/

... "and nothing of value was lost" ;-)