Web-Bot

[Gawain of Orkeny]

The 2012 thing is actually quite interesting

Actually thats why I brought it up. But I didnt want to start another apocalypse thread per se. It seems tho that we can believe this computer program more than the global warming ones however

[Marshal Murat]

2012, well since all the astrology and everything talks about it, I'm sure there would be more pop-ups for it.

[TevashSzat]

Bah, 2012 is not gonna be the apocalypse. Earliest date for that I would say is April 13 2029 when an asteroid called Apophis will pass below the satellite orbit around earth which is extremely close. That is probably gonna be a miss, but some wierd gravitational deflection might still cause it to kill us all

[Gawain of Orkeny]

Bah, 2012 is not gonna be the apocalypse. Earliest date for that I would say is April 13 2029 when an asteroid called Apophis will pass below the satellite orbit around earth which is extremely close. That is probably gonna be a miss, but some wierd gravitational deflection might still cause it to kill us all

Well we can all rest easy then

[Sjakihata]

If a bot, designed to pick up chatter on the internet, comes up with a date that is widely known among ancient cultures and practitioners of the occult talk about, I guess it is just as 'fake' as that. The bot has done nothing wrong, only to copy lies that has been spread already. Now if it predicted 2014 or something like that, it would be interesting.

[Husar]

Well, what caught my attention was that the Mayan calendar gave a similar date IIRC, the bible code also mentioned something would happen around 2011 or so I heard, and now you tell me the web-bot gives a similar date.
Now the web-bot wouldn't count if it's prediction is based on the other two, but if it isn't, that's three unrelated "sources" giving very similar dates for something bad to happen. We can then ask ourselves whether it's coincidence or truth for the next few years until we find out in 2011 or 2012.

On a related note, my mom told me the bible code(I didn't bother reading the entire book myself) predicted a nuclear war for this year, or was it last year?
I'm not really worried about either, but three different predictions, from different "sources" sounds rather interesting though I think we won't find out until it really happens, or not.

[Sjakihata]

Now the web-bot wouldn't count if it's prediction is based on the other two, but if it isn't, that's three unrelated "sources" giving very similar dates for something bad to happen. We can then ask ourselves whether it's coincidence or truth for the next few years until we find out in 2011 or 2012.

That's my point, the bot uses all available information on the internet and then draws it's own conclusions. It simply combines sources.

I'm sure that if you knew how it handled web chatter and had ten million reliable persons each submitting some sort of clue or thread of speculation about say 2030 the bot would predict a new apocalypse in that very year.

The bot doesn't work as an independent source but is an information gatherer, only if the available information is correct or has some sort of plausibility will the prediction be of any interest.

[Gawain of Orkeny]

That's my point, the bot uses all available information on the internet and then draws it's own conclusions. It simply combines sources.

No it doesnt. It seeks out key words. It doesnt go into history and compare things. It is in no way connected to the other two.

PS there are many more predictions from other sources that 2112 is the end.