Day after day new threads pop up about doomsday scenarios of some kind.

Tsunami will happen ---
Earthquake will happen ---
We'll see Niburu/Planet X ---
The world will end ---
Apocalypse/Armageddon/Rapture in ---
UFO will show up in ---

Don't get me wrong, it's always fun to predict and ATS would have half the traffic if we didn't.
And yes, I'm sure I'll be proved wrong in 2012.
But my question is simple:

Has any prediction threaded on ATS of a major event on a specific date ever come to pass?
I'm not talking about disclosure or the truth about 9/11, I'm talking about unpredictable/act of god events.
Has anyone even come close, even by coinkydinkie?




[edit on 8/7/2008 by schrodingers dog]

I'm the tsunami poster.

I'm not exactly sure it'll happen, but I just thought it was interesting and simingly likely.

Most predictions on ATS are outdated and wrong. The fact of the matter is, it's a good thing they're wrong!

Originally posted by ParaFreaky
I'm the tsunami poster.

I'm not exactly sure it'll happen, but I just thought it was interesting and simingly likely.

Most predictions on ATS are outdated and wrong. The fact of the matter is, it's a good thing they're wrong!

I wasn't having a go at you or any one member specifically just for the record.
I'm actually just curious.

Actually, quite a few come true.

Many people, like myself, post in the threads about predictions and predict that nothing will happen. And then nothing happens. So yes, predictions on ATS have come true.

Originally posted by wisefoolishness
Actually, quite a few come true.

Many people, like myself, post in the threads about predictions and predict that nothing will happen. And then nothing happens. So yes, predictions on ATS have come true.

lol, Very interesting interpretation.
However existentially speaking, "nothing" the way you mean it cannot really "happen".
Also if "nothing" were to really happen, it would be akin to someone shutting off the lights on the universe.

A lot of people were predicting that gas was going to hit insane levels in a couple years... And then this year, it did.

The economy predicted to go downhill, has been happening. But that depends on who you ask.

What is it they say? It's a Recession when your neighbour loses their house, and it's a Depression when you lose yours?

I also recall someone posting about rising food prices, and they have. And i also recall mentionings of there being total 3 world currencies or something liek that. And N america was next. And guess, what, its really starting to look that way. Also i remember them posting about the ships for peoples hands/heads/or ID. That is also in the workings. Dont put it all down, there is always truth to be found.

I am rather fond of how Alex Collier, back in 1994, stated that significant events would begin unfolding end of August/beginning of September 2001.

What happened?

Planes Crashing into Buildings, which lead on to ...

Al'queda/Osama
Afganistan
Anthrax Letters
Iraq
Shock and Awe
Weapons of Mass Destruction
War on Terror (NOT terrorism)
Patriot Act
Homeland Security
Mission Accomplished
North Korean Missile Testing
Saddam Executed
Iraq Democracy
Iranian Nuclear Programs
Oil
Economy

(I'm certain i left plenty of other things out)

My personal view of the world changed greatly after all this stuff. Reading about world wars, international affairs, terrorism, 3rd world instabilities, and what not that occured before my time and actually living in a decade of the same rubbish is two completely different things. I am astounded as to what George W accomplished in his two terms. He'll likely go down as one of the most memorable presidents in history, in no way do I mean that in a positive light. Dick Cheney will just be a passing in the wind.

Of course, Alex had many bold predictions most of which didn't come true. So it now comes down to how a prediction actually unfolds.

Another approach to predictions could be related to Terrence McKenna's Timewave Zero theory. If syncronocities in history truely does occur in a downward spiral, then we're likely to see more and more strange things happening more frequently. The recent wave of decapitations is quite baffling. If McKenna's theory truely does model such a historical pattern, then its possible that anybody can predict that something crazy will happen on such and such a date and infact turn out that something stupid did occur.

I don't recall too many significant events happening in the 80's/90's that was conversation worthy. Challenger Shuttle exploding, Massacre at Tiannamin Square, Gulf War, Internet going mainstream, nintendo, etc. Compared to 2000 and beyond, a whole lot more stuff has happened. Stuff is happening now and the future is looming on economic collapse and Iranian war/WW3. Of course, we could blame global communications as to why we know so little about world events in the 80's/90's and why we know so much about 2000+ now.

So in conclusion, when a prediction is made and it does not occur, its dismissed as rubbish. When a prediction is made and something does occur, its dismissed as lucky coincidence. Everyone knows that stuff is happening and is going to happen in the future, predicting it is like throwing darts at a dart board. I for one am amused at the people who manage to hit dead center and I feel it's worth investigating such intuition. Precognition is an interesting subject.