Please Fire the Pundits!
May 23rd, 2011
By Dr. Jim Taylor I should be a pundit. According to a new study, I possess the two qualities most predictive of accurate prognostication. More on that shortly. You should be a pundit; you have as much chance of being correct in your predictions as most pundits. More on that a bit later too. Remember […]
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Tags: accuracy, blogs, internet, Krugman, predictions, pundits, Sowell
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Are You Ready for the Rapture?
May 19th, 2011
By Tom Carter A small minority of Christians actually believes Jesus is coming back on May 21, 2011 — Saturday! They base this on the rambling Revelation of a kook old man writing in isolation on a Greek island a couple of thousand years ago, plus some other stuff in the Bible. It hasn’t been […]
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Tags: Antichrist, apocalypse, Camping, extremism, predictions, rapture, religion
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Apocalypse Now – Or Not
January 4th, 2011
By Tom Carter According to news reports and lots of blogospheric blather, the apocalypse is predicted to begin on May 21, 2011. This comes from Harold Camping, 89, who is the leader of Family Radio Worldwide, an independent Christian ministry. Camping last predicted that the end of the world would come in September 1994. Despite […]
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Tags: Antichrist, apocalypse, Camping, extremism, predictions, rapture, religion
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Marky Z and Facebook: Growing Up and Aiming High
November 30th, 2010
By Dr. Jim Taylor Facebook founder and CEO, baby-faced billionaire, and unintended star of a hit (don’t miss the double meaning) film Mark Zuckerberg announced last week that it will soon be offering a new messaging system, Facebook Messages, that integrates email (so 20th century), IM, SMS, Facebook, and other social media into one seamless […]
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Tags: business, communications, Facebook, predictions, technology, Zuckerberg
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