How Paranoia Damages the Zeitgeist

You'll probably recall the movie that came out several years ago, subtly entitled "2012". It was a glossy and explosive romp through the last days of our civilization, and it saw popularity at the box office. If you ask me, it was in part this movie's release that instigated an attitude of sensationalism toward our annihilation. Misinterpretations, exaggerations, and a general jumping to conclusions have created an entire movement preaching the end of days. Be it by comet, solar storms, war, or a Mayan cleansing, the media has assured us that we are soon to be no more. Credibility is assured by the world's best pseudoscientists.

The dictionary defines the Zeitgeist as,"the general intellectual, moral, and cultural climate of an era". Currently, I see a Zeitgeist of fear. Fear of war, fear of the end, fear of strangers in the street. "You're right to be scared,"say so many,"there are a multitude of things that could kill you right now." The 2012 phenomenon is fuel on the fire, providing an event for the frightened and the manipulative to attribute their brand of apocalypse to.

Here's the thing; no unit of time is guaranteed to you. You are not entitled to anything at all. In fact, just about anything could end your life any instant, and the universe as a whole wouldn't bat an eyelash. So, being that you could be gone tomorrow by any means, why worry about it? Should it not be considered wasted energy and time to harbor presentiment for something over which nobody has control? Instead of pointless trepidation, each of us should work toward a decent world. A world where, when the end finally comes, we can be at peace with the people we have been and the zeitgeist we have contributed towards.

http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/2012.html

2012: An Archeologists Perspective

2012: An Archeologists Perspective

Over the years, the fascination with the Mayas “end of the world” prediction on December 21, 2012, has taken hold in the mainstream media and spread like wildfire through pop-culture.  Predictions include a global environmental catastrophe, a massive planet called Niburu or Planet X colliding with earth, solar flairs, or a galactic alignment that would cause the Milky Ways black hole to wreak magnetic havoc on earth. The end of the world as we know it may be a romantic idea to capture the minds of imaginative people all over the world but unfortunately for them, (or fortunately) well-established archeologists and Mayan Scholars alike share a very different view of what may happen and its not nearly as exciting. A recent article in American Archeology Magazine explains exactly what’s all the hubbub behind the popular 2012 end of the world myth.

The Maya were unbelievable timekeepers. Their very society integrated time into every aspect of life. The Mayas Haab calendar so accurately predicted the solar year that is was only recently that we have devised a more accurate solar calendar and time division, and our method requires observing the resonance of a cesium atom whereas they used only the study of the stars and sun. So why not believe a prediction made by one the most advance ancient calendars in the world devised by society which revolved around the advance study of time?

First off, in the hundreds of discovered Mayan artifacts, there is only one written mention of the date 2012 and on top of that, the artifact is in such poor condition that it is disputed that there is even a mention of 2012 at all. “Even in damaged form, (what comes after the date) doesn’t appear to refer to 2012,” said Simon Martin, head curator at the Pennsylvania Museum of Archeology. Stephen Houston of Brown University also disputed over whether the date on the glyph is even referring to 2012 at all or a much earlier date that has been more notably catalogued. Houston concluded the script “would be a back reference to a much earlier event.” Other Maya scholars note that there is another reference to a much later date in an inscription at Palenque Mexico, which depicts the year 4772 A.D and this fact alone contradicts the notion that the Maya were predicting 2012 as a final, let alone cataclysmic event. The literal lack of information uncovered depicting the Mayas cataclysmic predictions leads me to conclude that, the 2012 doomsday idea that has spread through society is simply a romantic idea created to make tons money and give people something to talk about.

Source Article:

The Archeology Conservancy

Bawaya, Michael. "The 2012 Phenomenon." American Archaeology. The Archeology Conservancy, 2011-12. Web. 26 Jan. 2012. <http://www.americanarchaeology.com/aatoc.html>.

DMT and Ancient History

Of all the apocalyptic theories due to submerge by the end of the year, the theory of the prophetic I-Ching is my personal favorite. The I-Ching is one of China's old
est texts, translating to "the book of changes." Three coins were tossed in the air six times and the results recorded in a series of lines (as seen above). Each of the possible combinations of lines had a corresponding prophecy that almost always related to the question asked prior to the coin toss.

Just recently in the 90's a man by the name of Terence McKenna began to study the I-Ching and made astonishing discoveries within the results. McKenna made a pattern and equation out of the possible results of the coin toss. He turned his equation into a graph that portrayed a trend against time. This graph supposedly corresponded to some of the largest high and low points in world history (relating to the high and low points on the graph). The graph was said to have predicted and corresponded to such events as both world wars, the Black Death and even the fall of the Roman Empire.

Now of course this all has to result in a 2012 apocalypse. Of course it turns out that the pattern and graph cut off entirely on the exact date of December 21st, 2012--the same as that which the Mayan calendar is said to end. However, it is said that McKenna had no prior knowledge of a 2012 doomsday date and did not find out about the Mayan calendar for years after Timewave Zero was created.

This isn't all though. Terence McKenna "was primarily an expert on psychedelic substances," [1] and studied the effects of drugs as well as their use in cultural and religious sacraments. He particularly enjoys studying drugs and their link to and extraterrestrial world or communication. He writes often about his experiences with an Amazonian brew called "Yage" that was used to communicate with extraterrestrials. And more so than anything else he was "a heroic taker of and expert on that explosive beyond-LSD drug called DMT or dimethyltryptamine." [1] What this means, is that an avid drug taker and believer of telepathic communication with extraterrestrials has created one of the most believed notions behind a 2012 apocalypse. That's a little scary.

[1] http://www.december212012.com/articles/I-Ching/Time-Wave-Zero.htm

[2] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wz_R464bAEs

[3] http://www.cracked.com/article_17445_the-6-best-2012-apocalypse-theories-are-all-bullshit.html

The Multiverse and Seven Dimensions we Can't See

This article is about the ever-confounding multiverse and the seven dimensions of String Theory.

                Hold up, seven dimensions‽

                Yeah, I thought there were only three, but the article says that String Theory needs a total of seven dimensions to be plausible.  Imagine seeing stuff in 7d, crazy.  So, I know next to ABSOLUTE ZERO about String Theory, so for those of you who are just as ignorant as me: it’s the idea that “point particles” are made up of a bunch of microscopic vibrating strings made of… something.  The issue with this theory (according to the article) is that A) It requires seven dimensions, four of which are yet unproven and undiscovered and B) The numbers that we need to test the theory a little more thoroughly have to be exact, as in, down to a millionth of a decimal exact.  Something like that.  I mean, holy crap, that is going to be difficult to work with.  Just a fraction of a variation in numbers, and humankind would not exist.

                Which leads us neatly into the multiverse.

                SO, if our numbers have to be THAT EXACT for us to exist, the chances of those numbers all occurring is something along the lines of infinity-minus-one (I exaggerate, of course), but it is still an absolutely ridiculous number.  That leads us to the thought of “well, if it’s an infinity-minus-one chance, then there are either infinite universes or we are pretty freakin’ lucky.” 

                The multiverse in a nutshell: we have our universe with infinite planets, galaxies, stars, and possibilities; and then we have a universe of universes.

                Good god, I can hardly get my head around all of this.

                Well, to infinity and beyond!

Paradigms and the Multiverse

Lately, I have put much thought into the idea of paradigms and their role in science. (Granted much of this thought was prodded by my teacher and a most recent assignment) The idea that we must alter or discard our previous belief systems completely in order to move forward in our thought process is intriguing. This is the idea that can lend itself to many arguments supporting possibly illogical and unruly science--if the subject says that he or she has discovered something radical that could change life as we know it, yet it goes against all of our previous knowledge, then how can we know that they are not right in their supposed heresy? How can we identify the geniuses from the madmen? Obviously, we can't. What we can do, however, is test their theories and verify the validity of their science.
An example of this can be seen in the theory of the Multiverse. Saying that we live in a Universe means that we are living separate (Uni, one, singular) from the rest of the Multiverse--if there is one. Therefor, unless we break the laws of logic and say that, while the Universe is inside of the Multiverse, the Multiverse is also inside of the Universe, we can never prove or disprove the Multiverse theory.
Multiple sources have drawn a parallel between the Multiverse and the heliocentric galaxy. On one level, it is compared simply for the sake of the reasoning stated above--we cannot disprove it, but we also cannot prove it. On another, a comparison can be made between the idea that we (planet Earth, or, in this case, our Universe) are the center of it all.
"I think, therefor I am" or the ancient philosophy of Cogito Ergo Sum, does not exclude the rest of the Universe (or the Multiverse). The phrase is not "I think, therefor I am and you are not"--it simply states a knowledge from the first perspective. Now, if we apply that to the theory of the Multiverse and the heliocentric galaxy, then we can see that we do not know everything just because we are the ones experiencing it.
If the Multiverse existed, we would likely not realize it--and neither would any of the other Universes that existed inside of it. However, if we were to validate the Multiverse, then what would happen? Would we suddenly exist in a paradox space? Perhaps not. One theory builds off of the Cogito Ergo Sum philosophy, wherein lies the idea that if we start thinking and manifesting beliefs that there is a Multiverse, then we are in the process of creating one. Personally, I do not believe this--even if the Multiverse existed, it would have predated our theories because in all likelihoods we are the product of another Universe.
Imagine, for a moment, that there is a tree. This tree has a trunk, roots and branches. In this Multiverse theory, we are construed as the trunk of the tree--the place from which everything comes to exist. Our branches are the Universes that we have created, and those Universes' branches, and so on and so forth. But then we look back and we see our roots--something that other trees, in themselves can also thrive on. Then we look farther and see the seed that was planted in the ground to grow this tree and finally we can see that we were not the first. Our Universe is not the original because there is no original. There is always a start and an end to everything, it's true, but there is always a ghost of an image before and after its existance.
I suppose the idea that I'm trying to get at here is that, even if the Multiverse existed, we would not be the center of it, just like we are not the center of our solar system--just like the Earth does not rotate around a single person on its surface.

If you are interested in these ideas, please watch this video, as it is quite intriguing.

Just to the Left of Philosophical

It's interesting that after about an hour of reading about stem-cell research, I found myself learning more about human consciousness than I did about the stem cells themselves. I mean, sure, I can list the facts: stem cells are very versatile cells that can shape shift into any kind of cell one needs them to be - they can be found in bone marrow (and, to a lesser extent, in other parts of the adult body), but it's also capable to derive stem cells from blastocysts, or undifferentiated embryos. The embryos are little clusters of cells that have not yet decided their fate - tiny little clusters full of infinite possibility.

And I think that's the problem. All this possibility, and nobody can decide how best it should be used. It's impossible to universally determine when life becomes life - some would say it's the moment of conception, and some would say that the potential within the undifferentiated embryonic cells is just as useful rebuilding someone's lungs, liver, heart.

I read somewhere that life befits life befits life. It's the idea that life creates and sustains life. The stem cells in embryos might create a human being, but they might also heal those human beings that we already have. Life will always work to sustain life.

And all of these websites asked me, the reader, to take God into my heart - to reject the idea of giving away unborn children in the name of science. And I can't help but ask myself - these people call themselves pro-life. Shouldn't they be in the business not just of creating, but sustaining what they've worked so hard to protect?

Freedom

I don't have to write phenomenologically anymore? Sweet. Let's blow this nonsense out of the water.

Here's a passage (unedited) from a so-called exposition of the HAARP's supposed ability to control your brain.

To know how HAARP mind control works, we need to know the concept of Ionosphere, how it resonates our brain and how altering it could alter the brain waves. Ionosphere being 0.1% ion plasma layer in the earth’s atmosphere, extending from 50kms to 1500kms above the ground, acts as a natural protection from sun’s ultra violet radiation. The ionosphere has naturally produced extremely low frequency waved responsible for Earth’s Natural Brain Rhythm. As the brain also works using these ELF waves, the ionosphere is responsible for all living beings and their brain’s to resonate with Earth’s Natural Brain Rhythm.

Now that passage was not composed entirely of baloney. The ionosphere is real, and does occupy that area of the atmosphere. It aids in radio communication. It does not actually block UV radiation, the writer has confused it with the stratosphere.

However, I Googled "Earth's Natural Brain Rhythm" and the only results featuring that entire phrase were more conspiracy theories (see for yourself). None of which actually explained what it was. Now I find that suspicious. What is this "natural brain rhythm" of Earth's? Maybe if I read on it will tell me.

It goes on to say that the brain transmits 8Hz waves to think. Oh really? Then, in the same paragraph, we are informed that one person's brain waves can "tune" another's.

Whoa, whoa, hold everything. Not only are you asking me to believe that a research station can be used as a weapon of mass destruction, you also expect me to believe in psychics? Skepticism at 11 and holding, captain.

But let's continue anyway. Here's a scientific and well-written passage:

Our brains are vulnerable to any device that emits ELF waves, as they would immediately resonate themselves to the induced frequency, something similar to the concept of a tuning folk. A brain if induced to a frequency at 7.83 Hz or even 8 Hz would reflect an emotion of happiness. On the other hand, high frequency like 10 Hz would result in hypnosis and 10.80 Hz would induce riotous behavior. Similarly, if the brain is tuned to lower ELF waves of 6.60 Hz, it would induce sadness and depression in a person.

Well, that sounds more reasonable, except not. Lo and behold, legitimate research doesn't back up what the conspiracy theorists are saying.

The world will end in 2012: Purple Monkey Dishwasher

       The other day I was happily surfing the web and otherwise having a great time.  My mild mannered, mostly marvelous, meticulously mapped morning was brought to a bone shattering fall when I stumbled upon a website claiming proof that the world will end in 2012.  I quickly checked my calendar and to my horror it said that the year was 2012.  Now I was forced to make a decision, I could either panic or I could  decide to research the claims and see if they had any basis in fact.  After several hours of running around panicking I rapidly grew bored and decided to pass the time researching the claims of the website.
     The website was made in 2006 and attempted to use math to prove that the world will end in 2012.  2012-2006 = 6.  Apparently 666 is the devil's number, which indicates that the world will end in 2012.  If I do the math now I get 2012-2012 = 0.  I GOT IT!!! THE WORLD WILL ONLY END IN 2012 WHEN IT IS 2006!!!!  That is a big relief, right now the world is not going to end in 2012, it will end in 2018, and I have proof, 2018-2012 = .......... 6.  Holy cow, incredible.  Wait, I am starting to see a pattern here, the world is always going to end in 6 years from now, which makes very little sense as the Devil's number is 666 and not just 6, but the math checks out.  The website then goes on to claim additionally that the Mayans predicted the world will end in 2012, I on the other hand just think they ran out of room.   Another argument was that their will be a war in 2006 and people will be drafted and an asteroid will it the sea, wuff dha.  I can tell you one thing, all of those things did happen in 2006,  but that takes backstage to the  most terrible of all..... The coming of the Anti-Christ.  Now if the Anti-Christ came to earth one of three options are possible.  He was born as an infant, which means he is going to need a lot more than 6 years to destroy the world, he is even looking pretty bad to meet the 2018 world ending deadline.  The next possibility was he came already grown up, which means we probably would have herd from him by now.  The last and most likely possibility is that he is in fact a purple cow.

                                              I never saw a purple cow.
                                              I never hope to see one.
                                              But I can tell you anyhow
                                              I'd rather see than be one.
If the Anti-Christ is a purple cow than I feel that no one has ever seen him.  The website actually does make one claim bases on actual science, by todays standards at least.  The website claims that the world will be destroyed by an alleged photon belt.  First off their is no scientific evidence what so ever for the existence of a Photon Belt. Secondly, if it did exist it would have to have the mass of a black hole, kind of hard to not notice a giant black hole coming towards your planet, eh their don't cha know?  All said and done I felt very confident that the world will survive natural causes to see the end of 2012, but their is still a lot of time fore us to f#&k up the planet before the new year.  
Cheers and Happy Easter


- By Anti Väinämöinen

Where Is Your God Now? Multiverses and the Big Bounce.

This article, by Tim Folger, was published on the 10th of November in 2008. It consists mostly of information provided by Andrei Lind, a professor of Physics at Stanford. Linde discusses Multiverse Theory- namely, how it was formed as a way to contradict the Fine-Tuning dilemma (in case you're unfamiliar, the Fine-Tuning dilemma points out that there are too many convenient coincidences which made life possible and that indicates the work of an Intelligent Creator- it ties nicely in with the Anthropic Principle which suggests the universe was made-to-order for human life). It summarizes the idea that if any of a hundred thousand tiny things were even the tiniest bit different, life simply wouldn't be; it also goes over how space is the exact same temperature everywhere- an important detail, considering that if there was a Big Bang (an explosion of superheated matter) the universe would have to cool by exchanging heat throughout itself (and the universe is big, so that exchange would take lots of time to reach an equilibrium), and would not be a consistent temperature (i.e, some parts would be warmer or cooler than others at any given time because of the nature of heat). Now, given that nothing (not even heat) can go faster than light, it stands to reason that if there was a Big Bang then matter would still be cooling (as the Big Bang is a time of zero mass and infinite energy) and the temperature of space wouldn't be the same everywhere- but it is. That's where the theory of the Big Bounce comes into play; instead of an intelligent creator spontaneously existing everything with but a whim, it suggests that the universe's origin was a densely packed clump of all the matter it now contains; one capable of cooling quickly by the process of exchange detailed by the laws of thermodynamics. This dense block of matter then was subjected to inflation, growing to the size it is now (funnily enough, it's speeding up, too); however, the Big Bounce theory suggests that this is a cycle: the Big Bang (time of rapid expansion) follows a collapse of a previous universe with entirely different laws of physics (an entirely different reality), similar to the way it is suggested that our own universe will eventually reach a critical point of acceleration and collapse, to be followed by another expansion with totally different rules.

This is the iteration of the multiverse- infinite possibilities over as much time as it needs; although, to be fair, I doubt that the passage of time is as important to the universe as it is for us. In fact, Linde's 20-year long period of exhaustive research has even led to a connection with String Theory; as the theory requires a total of 11 dimensions to work (and unfortunately could never be disproved because of the number of total solutions the basic equations of string theory have- 10^1,000, which takes String Theory out of the running for legitimate scientific study). The article says that "When a new universe sprouts from its parent, the concept goes, only three of the dimensions of space predicted by string theory will inflate into large, full-blown, inhabitable spaces. The other dimensions of space will remain essentially invisible—but nonetheless will influence the form the universe takes". In short, everything is connected (be it by miniscule vibrating strings or theoretical ties of thought) and the multiverse is starting to look like a pretty legitimate idea.

HPV Controversy

New vaccines are always controversial, and the vaccine for HPV, Guardasil, is no different. In the United States, HPV is the most common sexually transmitted infection. HPV can also lead to cervical cancer. However, people are still reluctant to get their children immunized. One reason people are against the vaccine is that they don't like the idea of their child being forced to be vaccinated. Some states are creating mandates for the vaccination. The politics of which, are starting to overshadow the vaccine itself. Guardasil is on the recommended childhood immunization schedule, but mandating the vaccine may make parents even more reluctant to vaccinate their children. Also, parents don't want to admit that their child needs the vaccine, because they don't want to admit that their child is having unprotected sex. However, the 2005 High Risk Youth survey begs to differ in which 34% of teenagers admitted to not having used a condom last time they had sex. Parents are also cautious about the safety of the Guardasil, even though it has gone through the proper test and regulations that all new vaccines go through. Another worry to parents is that Guardasil does not protect against HPV for more than five years, which is currently the only analyzed duration. Although, if Guardasil does not protect for over five years, a booster dose would be an easy fix. There is also worry that the vaccine will encourage unprotected sex. This problem also has an easy fix, education. Pediatricians should discuss the vaccine with families, this presents an opportunity to educate the young adults getting the vaccine on STDs, teen pregnancy, and safe sex.

HARRP: The Government Weather Machine

High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program, or HARRP for short.  It is a massive array of dishes in Alaska, it uses a focused beam of energy to manipulate the ionosphere  there is much secrecy around HARRP; is it just benign research of the ionosphere and a to improve communications?  Or a way to exploit it and use it as a weapon or for mind control?  The answer is chilling, but true.  The united states Government has tested HARRP's potential as weapon already, it can cause an earthquake, play with the weather in another part of the world, like Haiti, or Japan Or Argentina.  Think all of last years earthquakes were nature? Wrong.  The U.S. Military was testing the weapon in preparation for WWIII.

HAARP

HAARP OR High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program is located in Alaska. Publicly HAARP states that they are simply a program with the intentions ofchanging the ionosphere in a way that would improve communications for our own good. They propose to do this by "zapping" the upper atmosphere with a focused electromagnetic beam. This beam is basically the opposite of a radio telescope, by sending out signals instead of repeating them. However, certain individuals have found US military documents that state that HAARP plans to learn how to "exploit the ionosphere for Department of Defense purposes"

Much further research is required to come to a firm standpoint on HAARP's true intentions, but I personally believe that it is more that possible for the US military to research and at least attempt to exploit any possible way to gain the upper hand over competing countries

Julian

The world will end in 2012

The world WILL end in 2012. Planet X (nibiru) and its six moons will return from its 3600 year orbit. It will totally disrupt our solar system man. It could even light Jupiter on fire turning it into a baby sun. Then Planet x will go between the earth and the sun. This will somehow cause everyone on earth to see both of the suns. This will happen by may 2011. Also a massive solar flare will happen in 2012 which will knock out power all over the world. Coincidentally the sun the earth and the milky way will align on the galactic equator on December 21st which will move our solar system below the milky way which will kill us all. (122) But hope is not lost if we put prayer back in our everyday lives this catastrophe will be averted and this will not happen. Jesus will save us all if we pray.

Source

http://www.irthebest.com/The_ends_of_the%20world_2012.html

Sources source

H. White

The anti-vax movement, broken down

Here
"Vaccine Rejectionism Spectrum Disorder is an umbrella term applied to individuals who mislead others, through spoken and/or written communications, about the risk of vaccines and vaccination." The author then goes on to break down and classify the spectrum of rejectionism disorders, including "crank disorder" which can be recognized through symptoms such as "belief that all disease can be prevented by proper nutrition, exercise, and chakra balancing."

Good for a highly technical giggle.

2012, the governments greatest cover up

So I read an article about the end of days, 2012. It astounded me how many people the government have fooled by assuring that nothing is wrong. This article shows an average Americans opinion on the truth about 2012, the government has hidden the truth in various ways. The first being that in the early 1980s they used new infrared technology that found 350,000 objects in the night sky. The government claims that they hadn't found a single planet, but how can that possibly be? They hadn't found anything in the depths of space? And even worse they found the planet that would one days end us all, planet Nibiru, a planet that orbits the sun every 3600 years. Every time it has come near our planet catastrophic events happen. The dinosaur extinction, the ice age, all of these were related to Nibiru. Ever since they found it the government has been tracking this planet, keeping information on it hidden from the public so we don't have widespread panic in our country. And those scholars mentioned in the article are part of this conspiracy, they're being payed by the government to keep there mouths shut about the truth. But soon my friends, the public will know the truth, but is it too late?

Vaccinated by Force

Vaccinated By FORCE, NOW AUTISTIC

Can childhood vaccinations cause autism? Well, let's look at one family's story. Two healthy parents had a healthy baby boy, Johnny. However, after he was given his four month shots, he started to get very sick. Doctors ruled out several common causes for Johnny's illness. His parents hospitalized him. After his twelve month immunizations, Johnny started getting worse. This time, in addition to illness, he started to lose his developmental functions. He was diagnosed with Autism soon after. Almost a year and a half after Johnny was born, his little sister Sierra was born. After the incident with Johnny, they were determined not to have Sierra vaccinated, but they were forced by the doctors to do so. The little girl was taken from her mother, forcibly given vaccines, and she was in critical condition by the end of the day. Her doctors didn't think she would survive because her organs were beginning to fail. She was vaccine - injured, her parents saw the effects the very night she was vaccinated. She was put on a feeding tube for three years, and then, like her brother, was diagnosed with autism. In the medical community, vaccine induced Autism is very controversial. In a study done in England, it was "suggested that there is a link between the Measles Mumps Rubella vaccine and autism" because the "preservatives and ingredients in the vaccines could be causing Autism in significant number of children." Now, one in 150 children in the United States had autism. Currently, the CDC says that there is no evidence that vaccines cause autism, but they do support additional research. Although this family firmly believes that vaccines gave their children Autism, because of their own experience. They say that studies such as the one done in England proves their point. They also believe that having vaccines forced upon a small child is morally wrong. The news group that covered this story tried to call in medical professionals, many of which were not answered. The News would also like to point out that they are neutral on the issue.

The author of this article, John N. Clayton is trying to tell his readers of his belief in God and why he thinks multiple universes don’t exist, attempting to persuade us to believe the same. He says  that since the Multiple Universe Theory was made to replace the Oscillating universe theory, which, according to this website is “ ...a universe following an eternal series of oscillations, each beginning with a big bang and ending with a big crunch; in the interim, the universe would expand for a period of time before the gravitational attraction of matter causes it to collapse back in and undergo a bounce,” it is just another excuse to ignore what he says is the evidence that creationism is true. He explains his idea of the multiple universe theory, which, if you believe his bio (the link I attached to his name), since he has some college degrees, he could have a good understanding of. Basically he explains it as something unknown causing the beginning of the multiuniverse, most of the universes having which were too harsh to support life, but then, there are two versions, one where everything collapsed in on itself and one where everything turns into vapor. Either way, the universes with laws like ours had black holes that created daughter universes like ours. He goes on to state that the multiple universe theory is based on untested ideas and assumptions. He says the multiple universe theory is a faith-based argument, but in a different way than the existence of God because God is bigger, as he says, “We see God not just as stupendously large, but rather totally infinite. Whatever number of universes one can imagine, God is greater than that.” So, these are his beliefs, and I’m sure everyone (myself included) is curious to find out if “Denial has continued to be a tool of the skeptic, even after evidence has shown the validity of the fact of the beginning and a cause.” as he claims. We’ll have to wait for an assignment where I don’t have to take a phenomenological viewpoint to find out.

It’s Either God or the Multiverse

Click here for the article, "Science's Alternative to an Intelligent Creator: the Multiverse Theory"

            The universe revolves around us, yes, yes it does. This may seem contradictory to modern scientists, who have been led to believe that we and life, are just a random accident. This accident of life is often thought to be very short – a couple of cosmic ticks on the grand scale, and that life only exists because the universe is so large. If the laws of physics were just slightly altered then the universe would never be able to support life. A few examples of this is: if gravity were just a tiny bit stronger, then stars would be compacted so that they would burn though their fuel in a few million years rather than the billions of years required to develop life forms; if protons were just 0.2% more massive than they actually are, they would be unstable and atoms wouldn’t exist, so neither would we. According to the cosmologist Andre Linde, there are just too many coincidences. “Physicists don’t like coincidences. They like even less the notion that life is somehow central to the universe.”

But if you say that there are an infinite number of universes with different laws of physics belonging to each, then physicists can still have the no coincidence reality. The only other explanation for all these serendipitous characteristics of our universe is an all powerful fine-tuner –  have you heard of it? Its name is God. “If there is only one universe, you might have to have a fine-tuner. If you don’t want God, you’d better have a multiverse.”

As for cosmologist Linde, he contemplates the idea that consciousness itself is one of the fundamental components of the universe, similar to space and time. “But could it be that consciousness, like space and time, may have its own degrees of freedom and can exist without matter?” Linde believes that without consciousness, the universe is dead. So, yes, there is a god and we are It.

Link to interview with Andrei Linde about consciousness

The Proof is in Notepad

The Video

The video I have posted above is a video providing evidence in support of the theory that the world will end in 2012. The video seems to indicate that the crystal skulls, an apparently important set of beings in the 2012 apocalypse, want us to "write about the world and give all of your knowledge and lock it up in a folder. Then one day that folder will be opened and that paper will be brought out." This, as best I could interpret it, indicates that the crystal skulls want us, the human race (to my understanding), to record all of our information about the world, and seal those writings in a folder. Someday, most likely sometime in 2012, the folder will be opened and the information will be taken out of the folder, which I assume to be the cause the end of the world.

The evidence they provide is in the form of a very short experiment. They instruct us to open Wordpad, a Windows text program, and set the font to Wingdings, a dingbat font that changes typed letters to symbols, and to type out "2012." Once the instructions are followed, the program will show the following image:
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The image depicts an image of a piece of paper, an image of a closed folder, and image of an open folder, and a repeat of the first image of the piece of paper. The author of the video, a "Directorboy91" interpreted this information for us as the aforementioned plan to write all of our information on the world down, and to seal it into a folder for the crystal skulls.

The plan, as well as the proof of the plan is unclear on a few points, such as the exact purpose of writing down our information of the world, the place of the crystal skulls, why the crystal skulls are involved at all, and how this will cause the end of the world, but as the creator of the video seems so sincere in his(?) explanation, I must assume that it is true.

Bee Deaths Theory: 2012

The article is here: 2012 theories- Bee Theory

               

                Bees have been dying mysteriously all over the world without a known cause.  It is a significant problem because bees are a large source of pollination for plants, including many food crops the human race relies on.  If the bees die, the crops will take a massive beating and cause a worldwide famine.  Wars could be started over the lack of food and international exports could grind to a halt.  If noted early enough, this problem could be avoided by genetic engineering in the food crops.

                The bee theory is an apocalypse scenario that has recently attracted some attention.  Their deaths have recently been related to insecticides in crop seeds (source here) and it should be noted that action has been taken on the subject.  This article seems well-researched and accurate for the most part, however, due to the increasing awareness and exploration the “death toll” statistic is something I find to be incorrect.  Scientists are discovering what might have killed off the bees and working towards eradicating the threat to our agriculture, leaning toward a best-case scenario.  A predicted death toll of 5,000-1 billion seems over-the-top for the circumstances.  They also do not cite their source for their prediction, leading me to think that it may just be an estimate they created. 

                I also disagree with the idea of genetically manipulating the plants or the bees because it may cause a different, larger problem.  Genetically mutated bees could become pests and menaces very quickly, due to having resilient man-made genes and genetically modified crops could take over natural land.  The modified crops may even be bad for our health, we wouldn’t know.  The outcome of this could be bad or good, both sides being on complete opposite ends of a spectrum, and it would be risky to employ this.  The smarter idea would be to eradicate the threat, rather than fix the crops or bees.  It also may be an easier job.  This also comes with drawbacks, but in the case of a designer disease we could create a “self-destruct button” that will cause the disease to die after its work is done or maybe cause it spread a certain way. 

                Either way, this is an all-around viable theory to go off of. 

2012: The End of Life as We Know It

Will life end in 2012? No. But all of our lives will change drastically.

According to this stone, carved by the ancient Mayans and pondered by philosophers and scholars for decades, the earth will not end on December 21st, 2012. Rather, a new cycle of life will begin, brought on by the winged serpent Quetzalcoatyl, a creature that is both human and god. Revered by the ancient Mayan civilization that knew him as Kukulkan, After being tricked by the evil god Texacatlipoca, Quetzalcoatyl traveled to Yukatan, where he became revered by the Mayans and called Kulkulkan. He then taught the ancients the necessary skills to build a great civilization, from mathematics and science to astronomy and agriculture, and taught the people to live in peace. Then, one day, he continued his travels, disappearing across the sea after vowing to return.

On December 21st, 2012, the Mayan calendar prophesied the return of this great half-god, not the end of the Earth. You may ask what will happen when we next see Quetzalcoatyl, but sadly, no one knows. The calendar is incomplete and uncertain as to what will happen, and speculations vary. Perhaps we will simply have to wait and see. Will he bring peace to the people once more? Will he teach us of technology we've only ever dreamed about? Or will he just start a new cycle of life, almost like leading us into a new year?

Stem Cell Research is Not Over Yet

Aside from the obvious ethical argument regarding the controversy in stem cell research, there are other flaws as well. For those frustrated by a consistent battle between life and death for unborn children, or who simply believe that the death of an embryo is not wrong or immoral, it does not mean that stem cell research is still acceptable. It can not be denied that stem cells do heal many medical conditions. YouTube will provide plenty of videos in support of stem cell therapy and its apparent benefits such as this young woman who is regaining the feeling in her legs due to stem cell therapy after a bad accident falling off of a cliff:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvaZRuaHb6A

However it has also been proven that the same embryonic stem cells that can be beneficial to medical conditions can also create other serious medical conditions in the body. Although new studies have shown that stem cells can be controlled to kill cancerous cells, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPpX1wyEC4g, there are many reports of embryonic stem cells forming cancerous cells and tumors in stem cell therapy patients. This is due to the nature of stem cells as explained in this article as being involved with and creating "Some of the most serious medical conditions, such as cancer and birth defects..." http://stemcells.nih.gov/info/ethics.asp

TV doctor, Dr. Oz even states that this is a problem with stem cells currently. However he also claims that in the near future such a problem will no longer exist. But why risk more cancer patients now? Ending one life might be an argument enough for some people, but why ruin another after ending one? It is worth the wait for stem cell research to advance to a state where stem cell therapy is a solid and efficient practice with minimal and non-severe side effects.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&v=9NqsO3Kf-Xw&NR=1

Planet Nibiru 2012? The End is Nigh!

Planet Nibiru 2012? The End is Nigh!

                Now you may think the idea of a planet four times the size of earth called Nibiru passing close to earth every 2,148 year seems a little far-fetched but ladies and gentlemen THINK AGAIN! For thousands of years various civilizations have known about Planet X and its irregular orbital pattern wreaking havoc on earth. The origin and the most well documented account comes from the Sumerians but the Maya, the Hopi, the Maoris, the Zulus, and more, have all predicted the end of days in relation to the passing of a mysterious ”planet.” Even as resent as the 1800s scientists hypothesized about a planet in or solar system with a long orbital period. They calculated that because Uranus didn’t follow its predicted orbital pattern there must be an outside gravitational force acting on the planets orbit around the sun (i.e Nibiru).

A large scale hypothetical planet that's part of our solar system with an orbit beyond that of Neptune. Was first hypothesized in 1841 when astronomers noticed Uranus did not move as predicted in it's orbit. Based on these residuals, the search for Planet X began.”(Church of Critical Thinking cotributer, COCT.org)

Now with thousands of years of advancements in science, technology, and mathematics we are able to calculate exactly when this Planet X will pass close to earth a cause global devastation. Ladies and Gentlemen the date scientists and mathies have calculated is 2012!!

This may not make a whole lot of sense just yet, so let me clarify. The Sumerian mathematical system for which the most recent calculation have been based on, puts the next flyby that will cause disaster in 2012!

The number 2,160 is the twelfth fraction of a precessional cycle that takes 25,920 years.

If we divide 25,776 by twelve we get 2,148 years.

We now conclude that the bi-orbital timeline of P-X is 2,148 years, not 3,600 or 2,160 years.

If we proceed to calculate in periods of 2,148 years starting at 10,983 BC,

then add another degree and a half of 25,776 to that:

{ meaning 107.4 years } thus/and/or

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{ A degree and a half of 25,920 is 108 years},

-gulp- we then come up with a result of... 2012 AD! ... Yikes!

(COCT mathematician, link)

Nibiru is said to fly by the earth and cause disasters every 4000 years or ever other fly by. Now if we take a second to look back at well-documented worldwide disasters we can clearly see a correlation between the Sumarians planet Nibiru predictions and historical disasters.

As you can see in the image provided by the great mathematicians at, TheChurchofCriticalThinking.org, a disaster occurs approximately every 400 years and WE ARE NEXT IN LINE! GET READY FOLKS!

Work cited:

Nibiru Collision." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Web. 12 Jan. 2012. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nibiru_collision>.

 "Planet X Nibiru Projected Orbital Return - 2012." Church of Critical Thinking. 2006. Web. 12 Jan. 2012. <http://churchofcriticalthinking.org/planetx.html>.