Fruits & Nuts: First Fruits
All right, I knew I was heading into murky waters when I decided to study up on the whole Nostradamus 2012 thing. But I honestly had no idea how easy it would be to pick out the whack-a-loons. Some of them are probably visible from space. At this point, I am even more disappointed in the History Channel than I had been. A few minutes' Google-searching would have shown the powers that be over there that the main proponents of the 2012 silliness are all—ALL—either frauds or delusional beyond redemption. If HC execs had done their homework, they might have thought twice before greenlighting their pathetic fraud-umentaries.
Case in point: Jay Weidner. In the History Channel's Nostradamus 2012 travesty, he has this to say (Weidner's brilliance starts at about 6:00):
"...(S)oon, we're going to run out of food. Soon, we're going to run out of air. Soon, we're going to run out of clean water. We're going to run out of oil. We're going to run out of ammunition. These things are all going to happen."
Of course, there's so much more to know about this tragically silly man. But you'll just have to do your own Google searching to find more. I won't link to his site lest I contribute in any way, however slight, to his web traffic. I'm sure we haven't heard the last of Jay Weidner.
Next time in "Fruits and Nuts" my topic will be, "Vincent Bridges: High and Weird."
Case in point: Jay Weidner. In the History Channel's Nostradamus 2012 travesty, he has this to say (Weidner's brilliance starts at about 6:00):
"...(S)oon, we're going to run out of food. Soon, we're going to run out of air. Soon, we're going to run out of clean water. We're going to run out of oil. We're going to run out of ammunition. These things are all going to happen."
Never mind that people have been predicting—incorrectly—that Earth would run out of food for 200 years. Thomas Malthus, noted British crank, hypothesized in 1798 that food supplies increase arithmetically, while population increases geometrically. Therefore, we will run out of food and everybody dies. Get it?
Seriously, if Weidner actually believes this, what's the point of doing anything at all? We're going to run out of air? I'm pretty sure that's a planetary death sentence. And make no mistake: this is not something he says might occur. He declares quite unequivocally, "These things are all going to happen."
But then, if he doesn't believe it, what else could explain Weidner's bizarre and unfounded statement? Simple: he has stuff to sell, and he makes his living off the gullible and easily led. Alarmists are interesting! They're exciting! They get on TV! And they write books that need buyers.
What's that? You never heard of Weidner's books? Oh, well then, you're in for a treat. The Malthusian bed-wetting scenario is not the only old, discredited idea to which Weidner has attached his name. His big interest is...get ready for it...alchemy!
All right, knock off the laughter. This is serious.
But this isn't your Medieval alchemy. We're not trying to turn base materials into gold here. (We have our books and movies for that!) No, this is special alchemy which, according to the Sacred Mysteries web site, conveys "...the knowledge of the fatal season of the apocalypse, the end of time and the great and imminent transformation of humanity?"
Aha! So, alchemy is whatever Weidner says it is. I see.
It appears that Weidner never met a bad idea he didn't like. In addition to Nostradamus and alchemy, his web site (where he is listed as a co-founder of "Sacred Mysteries Productions," which cranks out piles of silly books and movies) sells materials about UFOs, crop circles, harmonic convergence, healing with sound, energy fields, and something called "quantum astrology." (What is it about these woo-peddlers that makes them attach the word quantum to everything, as if they even understood its meaning? What's next? Quantum-Nostradamus?)
Seriously, if Weidner actually believes this, what's the point of doing anything at all? We're going to run out of air? I'm pretty sure that's a planetary death sentence. And make no mistake: this is not something he says might occur. He declares quite unequivocally, "These things are all going to happen."
But then, if he doesn't believe it, what else could explain Weidner's bizarre and unfounded statement? Simple: he has stuff to sell, and he makes his living off the gullible and easily led. Alarmists are interesting! They're exciting! They get on TV! And they write books that need buyers.
What's that? You never heard of Weidner's books? Oh, well then, you're in for a treat. The Malthusian bed-wetting scenario is not the only old, discredited idea to which Weidner has attached his name. His big interest is...get ready for it...alchemy!
All right, knock off the laughter. This is serious.
But this isn't your Medieval alchemy. We're not trying to turn base materials into gold here. (We have our books and movies for that!) No, this is special alchemy which, according to the Sacred Mysteries web site, conveys "...the knowledge of the fatal season of the apocalypse, the end of time and the great and imminent transformation of humanity?"
Aha! So, alchemy is whatever Weidner says it is. I see.
It appears that Weidner never met a bad idea he didn't like. In addition to Nostradamus and alchemy, his web site (where he is listed as a co-founder of "Sacred Mysteries Productions," which cranks out piles of silly books and movies) sells materials about UFOs, crop circles, harmonic convergence, healing with sound, energy fields, and something called "quantum astrology." (What is it about these woo-peddlers that makes them attach the word quantum to everything, as if they even understood its meaning? What's next? Quantum-Nostradamus?)
Of course, there's so much more to know about this tragically silly man. But you'll just have to do your own Google searching to find more. I won't link to his site lest I contribute in any way, however slight, to his web traffic. I'm sure we haven't heard the last of Jay Weidner.
Next time in "Fruits and Nuts" my topic will be, "Vincent Bridges: High and Weird."
Can the same approach to Nostrademos be tried that was for the bible code?
I'm sure you are aware that the bible code was shown to be wrong when the same technics of finding "predictions" by that method were applied to Moby Dick and to the New York phone book!!! That is to say, the probability of a "unspecified coincidence" is 100%!!!
It would be great, if a classic such as the Lord of the Rings was analysed to death in the same way as Nostrademous stuff and used to "predict" the past in the same way!!!
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Interesting idea. I'd say there's a promising area of investigation for you. Why don't you give it a go? Write it up, and if it's interesting you can post it here.
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