Web-Bot

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What is it and why are they saying it predicted 2012 to be the end?

Web-Bot

Anna (guest) 16 Jan 2011 16:35

I've seen some articles saying that the Web-Bot predicted 9/11 and Katrina, and now it has predicted that 2012 will be the end. What is the web-bot and how did it predict so many things? The Mayan calendar doesn't really worry me…I mean, if we believe heir calendar that's also saying we believe in their Gods and their rituals. And they said it's about 100 years off now. Patrick Geryl looks like an effing quack on the Penn & Teller show. (By the way, why do they call Mark van Stone a Mayan Princess?)

Re: Web-Bot

bikenbeer2000 16 Jan 2011 17:26

Hi Anna

Many claims for predictions of doom in 2012 fall into a well-defined pattern:
1) Make your claim that x predicts something for 2012.
2) Try and give x some credibility by making false claims of previous correct predictions.

So it is with the web-bot. It's just a piece of software which listens to internet 'chatter'. If lots of people are discussing 2012, then the web-bot will say "Hey! 2012". It's just conceivable that it might pick up a planned terrorist plot, but there's no evidence that it did so in the case of 9/11. Like all claims for foreknowledge of 9/11, it's only ever produced after the event, not before. Strange, that.

Where the web-bot will certainly fail is with natural events. If humans can't predict them, then neither can the web-bot.

Astrogeek gave a longer explanation here and there is a page under construction here.

By the way, why do they call Mark van Stone a Mayan Princess?

Both Mark Van Stone and a Mayan Princess appeared on the show, debunking 2012. The narration probably went along the lines of "Mark Van Stone and a Mayan Princess say it's bunk."

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Re: Web-Bot

Tomy2011 16 Jan 2011 21:45

Hi Anna,

9/11 and Katrina

The predictions of the web.bot works like this:
- They search the web for key words (in this case, "2012")
- They find a lot of words, of course, because the web is full with claims about 2012.
- Based on what the web claims, they predict something.

They do not predicted Katrina.
And the prediction of 9/11 was vague: "Financial collapse".

They work like Google Search: find words for your search in the web. So, if your page calls "The elephants", if someone google "elephants", a software like web.bot start searching web for pages with this word.

Cool Link about web.bot:
http://www.dailycommonsense.com/web-bot-what-is-it-can-it-predict-stuff/

Re: Web-Bot

ThreeFangCat 16 Jan 2011 23:13

It's also worth noting that Web-Bot was made to predict stocks. The point with stocks is that it is an outcome that can be directly influenced by the beliefs of humans. OTOH, all the humans on earth can believe Nibiru exists, but that won't make Nibiru come into being.