I think most of this list is baloney, which however raises a deeper point: what's the point of compiling such a list of predictions? In all likelihood, most of

I think most of this list is baloney, which however raises a deeper point: what's the point of compiling such a list of predictions? In all likelihood, most of the predictions will turn out false and some might turn out to be true. Then the author will be able to say: "See? Told you!" on those, and for the ones where he was off, no-one will hold it against him because - after all - predicting the future is known to be hard.