Comments on 2007 PredictionsTypePad2007-01-01T20:48:42ZSkepticohttps://skeptico.blogs.com/skeptico/tag:typepad.com,2003:https://skeptico.blogs.com/skeptico/2007/01/2007_prediction/comments/atom.xml/Jimmy_Blue commented on '2007 Predictions'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83451df0c69e200d834d5e5fc53ef2007-01-10T18:49:01Z2007-08-20T15:07:46ZJimmy_BlueDoormat: Some of you people are so funny! If you believe anything Sylvia has to say, then why waste your...<p>Doormat:</p>
<p>Some of you people are so funny! If you believe anything Sylvia has to say, then why waste your time worrying about it and writing on a website that is skeptical of her simply to criticise people who are not gullible enough to fall for her obvious bullshit. </p>Bronze Dog commented on '2007 Predictions'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83451df0c69e200d8350b391e69e22007-01-10T16:48:31Z2007-08-20T15:02:55ZBronze Doghttp://rockstarramblings.blogspot.com/I know someone who ended up feeling stupid about it, except this person did something productive afterwards.<p><a href="http://rockstarramblings.blogspot.com/2006/11/someone-not-making-same-mistake-twice.html" rel="nofollow">I know someone who ended up feeling stupid about it, except this person did something productive afterwards.</a></p>Rockstar Ryan commented on '2007 Predictions'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83451df0c69e200d834d5d26d53ef2007-01-10T15:20:17Z2007-08-20T14:50:44ZRockstar Ryanhttp://ninetyfivepercent.blogspot.comPersonally I hope that person spends their life savings on "readings". They deserve it. And they deserve to feel stupid...<p>Personally I hope that person spends their life savings on "readings".</p>
<p>They deserve it. And they deserve to feel stupid afterward.<br />
</p>Bronze Dog commented on '2007 Predictions'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83451df0c69e200d8350af65369e22007-01-09T20:41:20Z2007-08-20T11:08:54ZBronze Doghttp://rockstarramblings.blogspot.com/What he said: Some of you people are so funny! If you don't believe in anything Sylvia has to say,...<p>What he said:</p>
<p><i>Some of you people are so funny! If you don't believe in anything Sylvia has to say, then why waste your time worrying about it and trying to prove she's wrong.</i></p>
<p>What people like me hear:</p>
<p>Why waste time trying to help people by exposing a charlatan? Pah, truth is meaningless and we should all just be happy living in delusions. Fostering an environment of questioning and critical thinking is for suckers!</p>NobodysDoormat commented on '2007 Predictions'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83451df0c69e200d834d5931553ef2007-01-09T19:53:23Z2007-08-20T11:07:31ZNobodysDoormatSome of you people are so funny! If you don't believe in anything Sylvia has to say, then why waste...<p>Some of you people are so funny! If you don't believe in anything Sylvia has to say, then why waste your time worrying about it and trying to prove she's wrong. </p>Big Al commented on '2007 Predictions'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83451df0c69e200d8350a6e9a69e22007-01-08T13:59:51Z2007-08-20T13:35:09ZBig Al"Hey, any day is a good day to take part in international terrorist atrocities!" This message was brought to you...<p>"Hey, any day is a good day to take part in international terrorist atrocities!"</p>
<p>This message was brought to you by the Conglomerated Anti-Western Democracy-Hating Death Committee.</p>
<p>Have a nice day!</p>Åsmund commented on '2007 Predictions'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83451df0c69e200d8350a690e69e22007-01-08T10:46:20Z2007-08-20T13:42:16ZÅsmundhttp://skjaeve.net/US residents should avoid terrorist acts during the month of May. So, when would be a good time to seek...<blockquote>US residents should avoid terrorist acts during the month of May.</blockquote>
<p>So, when would be a good time to seek out terrorist attacks?</p> commented on '2007 Predictions'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83451df0c69e200d834d4b98c53ef2007-01-06T23:12:19Z2007-08-20T10:09:05Zoh yea like half the stuff she says is real?<p>oh yea like half the stuff she says is real?</p>Jimmy_Blue commented on '2007 Predictions'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83451df0c69e200d834d3c2eb53ef2007-01-03T19:44:50Z2007-08-20T08:53:11ZJimmy_BlueOoh oh can I play? Here's a prediction: 2007 will see more of the same from the woosters. They'll post...<p>Ooh oh can I play?</p>
<p>Here's a prediction:</p>
<p>2007 will see more of the same from the woosters. </p>
<p>They'll post that we don't know what we are talking about. That we need to get a life. That being rational about things isn't the best way to look at them. They'll call us some oh so hurtful names and they'll be angry that we dare challenge their mindless worldview.</p>
<p>Oh look, one already did. A prediction after the fact, maybe I'm psychic after all. </p>
<p>Did I mention that I predicted the Hundred Years War as well? No? well I did, and Randi just keeps changing the challenge so I can't prove it. And I don't need his money anyway. It has bad karma. And I am not in it for the money. And why would I want someone who calls himself amazing to test me? And there's no proof he has he money. Etc etc etc</p>
<p>Oh, I also predicted the Chartist movement too. Proof positive of life after death and my awesome powers. Kneel before me pathetic skeptics for only the power of inane drivel spouted by your dead uncle can save you now.</p>
<p>Incidentally Gryfforzar, allow me to suggest that a person who takes the time to find a site that criticises his worldview and then waste the time to post a pointless comment on it might not be the best qualified to direct others to 'get a life'.</p>
<p>Allow me one further prediction of Sylvia like clarity and astonishing accuracy. Gryfforzar may, or may not, reply to posts on this thread.</p>
<p>Damn I'm good at this....</p>Bronze Dog commented on '2007 Predictions'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83451df0c69e200d834d3b06553ef2007-01-03T16:30:41Z2007-08-20T08:41:50ZBronze Doghttp://rockstarramblings.blogspot.com/I remember a while back searching for Sylvia's predictions for 2005 in January of that year (I think), and being...<p>I remember a while back searching for Sylvia's predictions for 2005 in January of that year (I think), and being unable to find them: It seemed to me that Sylvia figured out that people archive her webpage, and thus only released her predictions in a newsletter. I didn't feel like subscribing to a lot of spam that would inevitably follow.</p>Skeptico commented on '2007 Predictions'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83451df0c69e200d834d3b04d53ef2007-01-03T16:20:35Z2007-08-20T08:41:36ZSkepticoRyan – nice one. Btw, I just noticed that if you google sylvia browne predictions 2007 this post is on...<p>Ryan – nice one. </p>
<p>Btw, I just noticed that if you google <i>sylvia browne predictions 2007</i> this post is on page 1 – so I predict we’re going to get a few more woos reading this post and commenting with similar mindless drivel.</p>jeff commented on '2007 Predictions'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83451df0c69e200d835090d1a69e22007-01-03T16:20:09Z2007-08-20T08:47:42Zjeff“Clairvoyant, n.: A person, commonly a woman, who has the power of seeing that which is invisible to her patron...<p>“Clairvoyant, n.: A person, commonly a woman, who has the power of seeing that which is invisible to her patron - namely, that he is a blockhead.”- Ambrose Bierce</p>RockstarRyan commented on '2007 Predictions'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83451df0c69e200d834d3ad9a53ef2007-01-03T15:28:18Z2007-08-20T10:58:35ZRockstarRyanhttp://ninetyfivepercent.blogspot.comHere's a prediction. More mindless paranormal investigators and psychics will annoy skeptics,criticizing things they know nothing about. Paranormal investigators and...<p>Here's a prediction.</p>
<p>More mindless paranormal investigators and psychics will annoy skeptics,criticizing things they know nothing about.</p>
<p>Paranormal investigators and psychics,get a life and get over it.<br />
You all know nothing,at all,about being rational and it's annoying when your kind actually try your best to the paranormalize<br />
everything.</p>
<p><br />
</p>Bronze Dog commented on '2007 Predictions'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83451df0c69e200d834d3aa0953ef2007-01-03T14:56:55Z2007-08-20T10:47:16ZBronze Doghttp://rockstarramblings.blogspot.com/Why bother paying attention to paranormal investigators, psychics and so forth? They've never gotten results before (except through well-known means...<p>Why bother paying attention to paranormal investigators, psychics and so forth? They've never gotten results before (except through well-known means of cheating they're never interested in preventing), and I don't expect that to change at all.</p>
<p>Get one to beat the Randi Challenge, which, like any good science experiment, is designed to eliminate bias, and then we'll have something to talk about.</p>Big Al commented on '2007 Predictions'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83451df0c69e200d83509008469e22007-01-03T13:17:26Z2007-08-20T08:37:58ZBig AlOK, then, Gryfforzar, why don't you tell us poor benighted fools what you KNOW about paranormal activity (not what you...<p>OK, then, Gryfforzar, why don't you tell us poor benighted fools what you KNOW about paranormal activity (not what you just believe), and how you know it.</p>
<p>What on earth is wrong with trying to rationalise, anyway? Are you saying that being IRrational is a good thing?</p>Gryfforzar commented on '2007 Predictions'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83451df0c69e200d834d3a1f153ef2007-01-03T12:53:14Z2007-08-20T10:45:02ZGryfforzarHere's a prediction. More mindless skeptics will annoy paranormal investigators and psychics,criticizing things they know nothing about. Skeptics,get a life...<p>Here's a prediction.</p>
<p>More mindless skeptics will annoy paranormal investigators and psychics,criticizing things they know nothing about.</p>
<p>Skeptics,get a life and get over it.<br />
You all know nothing,at all,about the paranormal and it's annoying when your kind actually try your best to rationalize<br />
everything.<br />
</p>Nes commented on '2007 Predictions'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83451df0c69e200d834d3627753ef2007-01-02T16:35:49Z2007-08-20T10:34:20ZNeshttp://nesoo.wordpress.com/US residents should avoid terrorist acts during the month of May. Hehe, I remember that one. Nice. There will be...<blockquote>US residents should avoid terrorist acts during the month of May.</blockquote>
<p>Hehe, I remember that one. Nice.</p>
<blockquote>There will be a significant earthquake Northern California, but no lives will be lost.</blockquote>
<blockquote>Sylvia Browne, John Edward and others will continue to appear on shows such as Montel and Larry King Live, pretending to talk to dead people. Sylvia will still not make good on her promise to try for Randi’s million.</blockquote>
<p>Wow, Skeptico, we must be on the same wavelength of, uh, quantum energy vibrations or something, I had these <strike>guesses</strike> premonitions as well!</p>
<p>You forgot Deepak Chopra though. This year he will review and criticize a book he's obviously never read. He will turn it into a seven or eight part feature that ignores criticism of his earlier parts. Then he will address the weakest of those criticisms, respond very poorly to them, and claim victory. Finally, he will appear on a show and tell the host that he doesn't really exist, everything is in his head.</p>
<p>Yes, I know he did all that in 2006, but he'll do it again.</p>Big Al commented on '2007 Predictions'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83451df0c69e200d83508acbe69e22007-01-02T09:52:38Z2007-08-20T08:13:36ZBig AlParis Hilton will be in the papers for being drunk in public. Randi will hang on to his million, but...<p>Paris Hilton will be in the papers for being drunk in public.</p>
<p>Randi will hang on to his million, but he will be accused of changing conditions at the last minute to prevent having to pay it.</p>
<p>Various miracle cures will be released. They will be successful despite the lack of any evidence that they do better than placebo.</p>
<p>Tony Blair will not say to UK soldiers, "Hey, chaps, I'm really sorry about dragging you into this complete balls-up in Iraq."</p>Infophile commented on '2007 Predictions'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83451df0c69e200d83508a1c369e22007-01-02T02:59:29Z2007-08-20T10:25:13ZInfophilehttp://infophilia.blogspot.comHmm, let me give this a shot. In fact, I'm going to go for broke here and make a prediction...<p>Hmm, let me give this a shot. In fact, I'm going to go for broke here and make a prediction that will be accurate for everyone reading this:</p>
<p>You are currently either at a computer, or are holding a cell phone. And for those of you where it's the latter, get a life, seriously.</p>Dominic commented on '2007 Predictions'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83451df0c69e200d835089edc69e22007-01-02T02:18:44Z2007-08-20T10:24:43ZDominicAustralia should expect a terrorist attack from Islamic extremists. Well, from this skeptical Aussie, I bloody well hope you're wrong!<p>Australia should expect a terrorist attack from Islamic extremists.</p>
<p>Well, from this skeptical Aussie, I bloody well hope you're wrong!</p>