Astronomers John Gribben & Setphen Plagemann predicted the "Jupiter Effect" in 1974. They wrote that when various planets were aligned on the same side of the sun, tidal forces would create solar flares, radio interruptions, rainfall and temperature disturbances and massive earthquakes. I lay awake in my Cheshire school dormitory all night waiting for the event. I had no idea what to expect although even the teachers appeared to be slightly nervous that something might really happen. It’s not the kind of news you should tell a child of 12 years old whom is over 200 miles away from his home and family.
The planets did align as seen from earth and as they do regularly. Aside from the raised heart beats of millions, nothing unusual happened that night. So, what is it that draws our attention to organisations and individuals such as those at the Institute of Human Continuity?
As I sit on my stretch leather sofa looking out over the night skies of the Bay of Colwyn in Wales, it seems a far cry from an atmosphere that smells of Armageddon and one wonders how many generations may follow us before some unlucky individual gets the prediction right!
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Ironically and I do not jest, I was glancing at a film (more in the background if you know what I mean) whilst logging on to the internet this evening. The film "The Day After Tomorrow" was playing and chaos like here, had not yet ensued. The irony in itself was not apparent until I answered the request to write an article on the
Institute of Human Continuity.
So, what’s the point of spreading such bad news to the world and what can it achieve? I do have to laugh, as lets face it, the overwhelming odds would suggest that in the year 2012 The Institute of Human Continuity or IHC 2012 will become the laughing stock of the world, their careers will be in tatters, their date will be conveniently rearranged (but nobody is likely to listen a second time around). What is next for them?
Best case scenario must surely be that The Institute of Human Continuity is actually spot on with their predictions and 99.99% of us die in the ensuing chaos. The chaos will last what ... seconds?
So, do we strive to stay alive and join what at the IHC 2012 they call the "lottery of life", where the winners get to live out their remaining and possibly very short existences by living in the dark ages or do we quite simply choose to go with the flow and move on!
I’m quite a simple kind of guy and am not too worried either way, I can’t quite see how the situation can be too much worse on the other side and my conscience is as clear as can be expected for a person of my age, so one would hope that my chances with whatever is to come would be reasonably favourable. The alternative, chasing life along with some of the richest lunatics ever to walk the earth (as presumably they will be) doesn’t quite appeal to me. I mean, let’s face it, their greed is probably what would make the earth break up in the first place isn’t it, and at the IHC 2012 they would want me to live with and presumably help these people? You must be kidding.
Interestingly, the website of the Institute of Human Continuity is surprisingly good and inviting and therefore suggests that the rich lunatics are already involved in backing the projects, but I come back to my original comments, it’s not the kind of information that we should be promoting in areas where vulnerable individuals and children may openly read its content and be unnecessarily scared. To me that is not only immoral and irresponsible, it’s nothing short of a disgrace.
Whatever it is they wish to achieve at the IHC 2012, I am sure it is being duplicated by governments and organisations worldwide under other guises, that’s life unfortunately, but I will for once defend the governments, whom at least whilst learning the technology in preparedness for such global catastrophic events, will no doubt be producing useful technologies that will in fact help delay such catastrophes from happening, and I am content that they will be doing it out of the public eye in secret bunkers from where they can continue to convince the world that every publicly funded toilet seat costs around $20,000 of tax dollars! That’s why I pay tax, it’s called blissful ignorance and I’m a great fan!!
All I see at the Institute of Human Continuity is some mischievous scientists whose theories are well intended, but who will promote any type of escape chamber that a member of public is drunk enough to buy in order to fund their hopefully more serious research. I do find it surprising and fairly incredible that they appear to have signed up 11 million individuals already in their lottery of life. It’s quite an achievement!
It’s getting late and at this stage of my life I have enough problems remembering what I am supposed to do tomorrow and therefore I won’t be signing up for IHC 2012, besides I’ve already booked my tickets for The London Olympics 2012, and I wouldn’t miss that for the world!