On the contrary, the article is useful in pointing the reader towards this "New Nostradamus". While it does not provide the reader with specifics, it does provide enough information for one to decide to look further into the topic.

It would be illogiical for the authors of a feature article vice a scientific article to provide the specifics of the prognosticator's methodology. To attempt to do so would take many volumes. It is for the reader to follow up or not as he/she chooses.