Failed predictions of 2008

At the beginning of each year, various deluded people make predictions of what the new year has in store. I typed predictions 2008 into google, and the first result was a psychics forum. I hope the below demonstrates just how deluded psychics can be...

The predictions were made in late 2007 / January 2008 to forecast what 2008 would have in store.

Littlehalo predicted "there will be a volcano eruption, i am not sure where but when i asked my spirit guide to help me this is what i was told" - thanks a lot spirit guide - not very helpful. There are volcanic eruptions every year, but none of note in 2008.

Littlehalo's aside, I've ignored the other really lame / vague predictions of earthquakes somewhere in Asia, civil unrest in an unspecified European country etc.

Datin said, "I feel that on January 25, 2008 California will be rocked by an earthquake that will rival the San Francisco earthquake. I feel this will be a centered a bit above Los Angeles but felt in a very large area including surrounding states. I feel it will hit in the afternoon, and amazingly, not many will be hurt, but alot of services will be disrupted for a long time." - No, no, no and no.

Smattp had a couple of dreams... "one of the dreams i had is of me sitting in my hous watching the television as a nuclear war is announced so i hope that one doesn't come true but we will have to wait and see and i also dreamt that i will meet someone called dan" Nuclear war failed to materialise in 2008, but maybe Smattp met Dan - we can only hope!

PrincessKLS anticipated "Another big hurricane that could rival Katrina" - Not quite - Katrina was a category 5 hurricane, which killed 1,800 people. The closest this year was Ike - a category 4 with 126 deaths - devastasting, but doesn't quite rival Katrina.

Brightgrey confidently predicted "serious civil unrest in the UK during 2008. It is related to Muslims and policies of the present government." Well, a couple of terrorists set themselves on fire and drove into a wall at Glasgow airport but, that aside, it's been a pretty civil year for the UK.

She went on to predict "I had a dream in which UK police / military were hunting a group of armed Islamic terrorists who had just committed a significant act of terrorism. The armed terrorists were hiding while police / military closed in on them. Although not a totally unexpected event considering the current political situation I feel this attack must be significant (on par with the London terrorist attacks of July 2005 or worse) for me to have been shown it. "

Despite clear references to the UK military hunting them, Brightgrey lately took credit for predicting the Mumbai attacks - she was convinced that it would be proven that there were British terrorists involved. Sorry Brightgrey, your description sounds nothing like the Mumbai attacks, and none were British.

Rosedawn feared "multiple severe and devastating earthquakes in various parts of the world causing much disruption to human society; possibly volcanoes erupting, as I see the sun blocked by darkness and explosions in the sky." However, she also said, "Humans who are in alignment with the new energy ... do not perceive reality in the same way as less spiritually evolved people." Quite.

Quelquechosedautre was very keen to warn to "BEWARE - 4th & 5th January 2008
4th is 911 days after the 7/7/2005 bombings in London. This does not take "psychic powers" to work this out" Really? - Because nothing of note happened on either day.

He also got very excited predicting "20% inflation in the USA, 1930s style unemployment, bouts of civil unrest by the summer, martial law in various countries, and the Beijing Olympics being cancelled." - Sorry, not quite.

Majic had a long list of crap: "Another major political/religious assassination in Pakistan leading to civil war. India to invade to contain dramatic rise and spread of Islamic extremism in Pakistan. A small nuclear detonation in Asia or middle east, possibly Israel. I get a strong feeling this will be more accidental than deliberate. A major terrorist attack in the middle east, again possibly Israel, involving a missile. Another major earthquake and possible tsunami in Indonesia or New Zealand from the continuing 'unzipping' of the fault which caused the 2004 tsunami. Tens of thousands possibly dead. US city to be hit with another atrocity - either New York or Washington."

None of those, luckily

On 1st January 2008, SpiritualQueen had:
"Landslide on west coast of America.. 'Strange' markings in the night sky, visible to all.. Possible eruption of an American volcano.. Discovery of new DNA?.. Terrorist threat/Catastrophe in London.. Major earthquake in Greece.. Sudden fatal death of a worldwide actress.. Assasination of President Bush.. Last edited by SpiritualQueen on Sun Jan 06, 2008 8:48 pm; edited 2 times in total"

SpiritualQueen got lucky. Although nobody has discovered any new DNA (whatever that is), there was an earthquake in Greece five days later, and she naturally took credit for this. However, Greece always suffers from earthquakes, and this was not a very notable one (fortunately there were no fatalities). SpiritualQueen also undermined her credibility by editing her post after the earthquake happened, so it's unclear whether she predicted this in advance, or edited her predictions after the event. Lesson for the future - if you've made a successful prediction, don't tamper with the evidence.

Doug posted a load of crap about nuclear explosions in various American cities. However, he then then did something amazing, in correctly predicting that Obama would become US President. This is just about the only successful prediction on the entire list. He didn't stop there though. According to Doug, Obama will also turn out to be the anti-Christ! - If Obama starts consorting with the Whore of Babylon, or the making everybody carry the mark of the beast, we shall know that Doug is our true prophet.


Anyway, you'd think after such an ignominious attempt to predict 2008, the idiots at psychics.co.uk would give up for 2009. Sadly, they have already predicted a whole pile of crap. I predict that almost every single prediction there will fail to come to pass