Quote Originally Posted by Husar
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.