http://bibliomania.com/2/-/frameset.html (http://bibliomania.com/2/-/frameset.html)
Click "Choose a Section", then click "non-fiction", then scroll down a bit, to "Popular Delusions."
From the Chapter, "Modern Prophecies":
http://robotics.caltech.edu/~mason/Delusions/epd_prophecies.html (http://robotics.caltech.edu/~mason/Delusions/epd_prophecies.html)