What is the goal of my interaction with this? You're presenting me with a very short blob of technical gibberish on each item and then you're essentially asking

What is the goal of my interaction with this? You're presenting me with a very short blob of technical gibberish on each item and then you're essentially asking me to guess at the answer. The best-case result of this is a scientifically (i.e. in the sense of empirical social sciences) awkward set of answers but I fail to see how they would carry any predictive value. Just because everyone believes the world will be hit by a meteor in 2012 does not make it happen.