I checked that out last night, and, no my friend, that's not what I had in mind at all. Halfpasthuman is about using keywords from public discussions, mostly from the web, to predict near-term events. It's not entirely scientific. It is based on the -very dubious- assertion that all humans have psychic powers! This is far from proven. And you know what? Because I truly am an open-minded person I'd be ok with the claim that a keyword analyzing algorithm can predict financial trends. But those predictive linguistics shenanigans went as far as claiming that it predicted the Indonesian tsunami!!. Come on, seriously?