You and magnamentis are tooting your horns [/quote]
that tooting is for several reasons:
a) the replies at that time were very offending and aggressive even though many things were obvious and show to be that now and did so before
b) there is a saying that as one shouts into the woods the echo comes back and considering this general wisdom
the tooting is quite moderate IMO, while i think it's absolutely necessary that some people remember in the future who is said what ( your own words and proposal ) and who has an "eye" for the bigger picture.
what counts is what is right, not who is right but then if some people are often spot on they should not be met with offending comments over and over again.
if this is about finding the most accurate predictions and facts it cannot be wrong to toot that horn from time to time. i for my part know exactly what i wrote and it came to happen over and over again and further will.
since i'm not a scientist perhaps is simple locic, observation and an open eye for the multitude of factors instead of concentrating on on model or another and build an opinion on weekly or even worse, daily numbers and events.
i find it a interesting that when we were attacked for saying what is showing to be close now nobody felt
the need to take those statements into consideration but now interestingly some are very quick to
put another stamp again.
first one gets bashed for the bluntness to go agains the mainstream and then when it happens is bashed again
for remind the bashers that the tone at that time was not appropriate.
this, by the way is what happens all over the place, in politics, religions and elswhere and is part of the bigger problems on this planet. after all believers are just that, believers, and what they believe is more loss less arbitrary, while all believers have one thing in common, they will try to mute those who stick to facts and this is no different.