An interesting piece about the plausibility of Isaac Asimov’s concept of Psychohistory becoming a reality.

Isaac Asimov introduced the fictional scientific field of psychohistory in his  Foundation  universe. In this science fiction setting, this science could predict the future by analyzing data and making inductive inferences from this data using various algorithms and formulas. The predictions resulting from the science are not about specific individuals, but rather about broad events. For example, the science could predict the fall of the Empire, but it could not be used to predict which specific person would be the emperor at that time.

See also the Wikipedia article about Psychohistory.