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'''Web Bot''', or the '''Web Bot Project''', refers to a software program that is claimed to be able to predict future events by tracking keywords entered on the Internet. It was created in 1997, originally to predict stock market trends.<ref name="telegraph">{{cite news|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/6227357/Web-bot-project-makes-prophecy-of-2012-apocalypse.html|title='Web-bot project' makes prophecy of 2012 apocalypse|last=Chivers|first=Tom|date=24 September 2009|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|accessdate=2009-10-04}}</ref> The creator of the Web Bot Project, Clif High, along with his associate George Ure, who call themselves "The Time Monks", keep the technology and algorithms largely secret and sell the predictions on the website [http://www.halfpasthuman.com/ halfpasthuman.com].
==Methodology==
The Web Bot works by using a form of the [[Wisdom of Crowds]]. [[Web spider|Spiders]] search the internet for about 300,000 keywords with emotional context<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1229868823280&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull|title=Digital World: I have seen the future, and it's on the Web|last=Shamah|first=David|date=23 December 2008|work=[[Jersulem Post]]|accessdate=2009-10-04}}</ref> and record the preceding and following words to create a "snapshot." Through this, the technology is claimed to be able to examine the [[collective unconscious]] of the world as a whole. It is thus said to be able to predict catastrophic events 60 to 90 days in advance.
==Predictions==
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The Web Bot is claimed to have predicted the following prior to them occurring:
*[[September 11 attacks]] - In June 2001 Web Bot predicted that a catastrophic event would occur within the next 60-90 days.<ref name="newkerala">{{cireweb|url=http://www.newkerala.com/nkfullnews-1-118770.html|title=World's expiry date: 21 December 2012?|publisher=NewKerala.com|accessdate=October 3, 2009}}</ref>
*[[Northeast Blackout of 2003]] - The Web Bot reportedly predicted the power outage in the Northeastern United States in 2003 accurately before it occurred.<ref name="urbansurvival">[http://urbansurvival.com/simplebots.htm]</ref>
*[[American Airlines Flight 587]]<ref name="aphroditeastrology">[http://aphroditeastrology.com/2007/05/web-bot-predictions.html]</ref>
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===Future predictions===
*October 25, 2009 - A catastrophe starts on October 25, 2009. It could be that the [[2009 flu pandemic|H1N1 flu virus]] reaches a level of extreme lethality, or [[Israel]] bombs [[Iran]]. In reaction to this crisis, the [[Obama]] administration will be thrown into major chaos ten days later.<ref>{{citeweb|url=http://www.coasttocoastam.com/show/2009/07/21|title=Web Bot Predictions|publisher=[[Coast to Coast AM]]|accessdate=October 3, 2009}}</ref>
*[[2012 phenomenon|End of the World in 2012]]: The Web Bot has predicted that a cataclysm will devastate the planet in the year 2012, possibly a reversing of [[Earth's magnetic field|Earth's magnetic poles]].<ref>{{citeweb|url=http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Worlds-expiry-date-21-December-2012/521526/|title=World’s expiry date: 21 December 2012?|publisher=ExpressIndia|accessdate=October 3, 2009}}</ref><ref name="telegraph"></ref>
==Reception==
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