i wonder what happens when journalists start paying for access to recorded future and put those predictions on the internet. i suppose it will create prediction bubbles that are disjoint from reality. wikipedia cyclic-reinforcement all over again.
In theory, this shouldn't be able to predict future financial information or stock prices, because the stock prices should already reflect any information that would be used in the prediction model (efficient market hypothesis). Of course, that's just a theory. Thousands of traders think they can beat the market with tools, models, and prediction engines of their own (though few actually do)
So, in the end, this site may attract that type of crowd, people who think they are gleaning information to help them "win" - in actuality, I'd be skeptical about its ability to do that though.
Take a look at Urban Survival (<a href="http://urbansurvival.com/week.htm" rel="nofollow">http://urbansurvival.com/week.htm</a>) and the peoplenomics and halfpasthuman sites referred to there.<p>George Ure says some weird things, but I find the discussions and predictions there fascinating.<p>All I can say is, I don't know what's going on.
In times like these I think Knuth's earth shaking announcement is a good rebuttal: <a href="http://river-valley.tv/tug-2010/an-earthshaking-announcement" rel="nofollow">http://river-valley.tv/tug-2010/an-earthshaking-announcement</a>