Quote from: InspireTTK on January 11, 2018, 03:04:59 AM

He is applying his Pi model on the timing of whatever he follows. I don't exactly know how it works, but everything has patterns, and it's related to Pi.

Correlation is not causation. Notice he doesn't predict the specific event that correlated to a turn date on his cyclical models.

Quote from: InspireTTK on January 11, 2018, 03:04:59 AM

Why would he open source his work for? That's his livelihood. He makes money with his work. You can access his data at a monthly cost, he provides that as a service. How is he a con artist, and con artist for what?

If his model really works, he should be abundantly wealthy already. Advancing the known science would be the next logical goal for someone who claims to value humanity so much.

I've granted him some extra leeway because if he was indeed put in Supermax prison for 7+ years on a bogus (framed) and unconstitutional contempt-of-court charge, then it's understandable he would need to rebuild his resources and catch up on lost years. It's easy to have empathy if this story is the true and entire story. But there's also a scenario one could imagine wherein this entire jail thing was constructed to create a martyr in our eyes, and then to manipulate us. Nevertheless, I lean towards believing him.

Quote from: InspireTTK on January 11, 2018, 03:04:59 AM

You can be skeptical, but when you state it's possible he is a con artist, give links to verify your claims.

It's easier to make money off naive people who believe without proof.

I've been an Armstrong supporter (even perhaps the most adamant supporter in this thread!) because I feel he has raised important issues and been somewhat prescient. But I'm not convinced that he has invented any new science. But I'm not accusing him of not. I'm just saying I will be skeptical until Armstrong explains his work in technical terms, not just glossing over the details to convince laymen.

EDIT: Armstrong appears to have responded even though I didn't message him:

Quote from: https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/armstrongeconomics101/understanding-cycles/time-is-more-than-money-it-is-everything/

To grasp what our model is really doing one must look at TIME and EVENTS more in the perspective of turning points not specific events. Once you understand we are forecasting turning points on the TIME horizon, not specific events, you will begin to make a leap forward into a new world of understanding TIME.

Specific events on the horizon become easy for forecast based upon the trend in motion relative to TIME. When trends reach that events horizon in time, then a specific high or low is easily ascertained. Right now, we are in the throes of a major breakout and a characteristic of Vertical Markets has been what we call the Cycle Inversion process. Normally, turning points unfold in opposite pairs. So a November high would traditionally be followed by a January low. Merely exceeding the November high on a closing basis during December identified the continued rally into the next target being January 2018 warning we were (1) dealing with a Cycle Inversion, and (2) a Vertical Market that is going to be very difficult to trade for most people.