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What do we really know ?

Dude, I’m tellin’ ya……….

As you watch the endless parade of doomsday shows that they air on the History Channel, some of them really get you thinking that we could be in trouble. And others just seem pretty dismissable. At least compared to the ones that sprinkle a little science in ’em.

Seems like just about everyone has come up with some sort of system to predict world events and ultimately, the final day. They’ve showed the usual stories of Nostradamus and the Mayans, but have also given lots of time to the alleged “bible code”, various mega disasters, the book of Revelation, the Chinese I Ching, and much more.

The one theory that does intrigue me is the multiple prophecies that we’re finished in 2012. More specifically, December 21, 2012. I like having fun with some of my friends acting like it is an iron clad guarantee that this will be the final day. Like I believe it with all my heart and soul. Of course, I don’t have any idea what will happen in 2012. I don’t even know what I’m going to have for dinner tonite.

But I get a kick out of playing around with my buddies. One of my regular Sunday football guys wants to go to a Super Bowl in his lifetime. He just wants to experience the spectacle of it all. And whenever he brings it up, I always tell him,

“Well you better do it in the next couple years, buddy. Cuz there won’t be any more Super Bowls after 2012 ! “

Or when someone talks about retirement—-which actually does look like a long shot for a great deal of us as each year passes where we have to dip into savings just to get by—–I like to tease,

Oh Christ….retirement ! That’s a mythological character like profit-sharing and company loyalty. Besides, none of us will be around when it’s time to retire. We’re all finished after 2012.” 

But for my real friends…..the true friends that really know me and my sense of humor best….they know I’m just screwing around.

Along with playing a faux devil’s advocate with my friends though, what also amuses me immensely is the certainty that these “experts” speak with on these History Channel shows. Some believe that we are indeed goners in December 2012 and they attempt to back it up with discussion of the Earth’s alignment in the solar system at that time, the accuracy of other prophecies by the same oracles / doctrines, and the current state of our wacky weather and the environment.

And then there are those “experts” that completely dismiss the whole December 21, 2012 thing and they back up their position with various “facts”, theories, and explanations. They are 110% sure that December 21, 2012 will be like any other day and there is nothing to suggest otherwise, etc. etc.

Both sides amuse me with their certainty and confidence.

I like to think of myself as a ultra-pure realist. I love to get lost in books of fiction and movies and the like—mainly to escape the realistic approach I carry with me in real life. I don’t go around with rose colored glasses on. I don’t sugarcoat bad things. I tell it like it is. To hell with being politically correct and all that nonsense.

To some, this may project a jaded or negative outlook. But in the same token, when something is good…when there is something to be celebrated or complimented…..something beautiful or heroic, I give due credit and sing its praises. The people that see me as negative and pessimistic are usually the ones that walk around in the rose colored glasses most of the time. They step in a pile of dogshit and consider it a bright spot in their day. I consider it a pain-in-the-ass.

But if they feel I am negative, don’t blame me—blame the news. We are force-fed an endless stream of negative news stories barely intermingled with an occasional good one. They teach you this in media courses that it is done entirely on purpose. People simply won’t watch story after story of “do-gooders” and charitable actions. Some will. Most won’t. We bring on all of the negativity out there ourselves with what we view on the dummy box. 

But back to the so-called “experts” on the History Channel shows. And my realistic outlook on society.

The truth is, we don’t know anything about ANYTHING ! Any person of intelligence will readily acknowledge that we know about .0005 of 1% of what there is to know about the world around us and just about any advanced subject in it. Whether it be functions of the brain, how our environment truly works, psychology, astrophysics, geneology, biology, outer space, or any other field that has hundreds of text books and is taught in every school, the truth of the matter is that we have an infant’s knowledge of what is actually out there to be learned on any advanced field.

Hell, we don’t know what causes SIDS. We don’t know how to cure cancer, AIDS, MS, Parkinsons, or Alzheimers.

We’re not even capable of stopping terrorists from boarding planes on Christmas Day. Thus, we don’t even know how to enforce a decent security system to protect ourselves.

We can’t come up with (and implement) a renewable energy source to replace our reliance on oil.

We can’t even put together the evidence to put away obvious killers like OJ Simpson. And if he is indeed innocent, we don’t have the wherewithal to track down who really did it.

We’re not absolutely certain everything about the Kennedy assassination and who may have been involved.

We feel we are close, but we still can’t predict (and be proactive about) earthquakes like just happened in Haiti.

Hell, we can’t even put together a decent response to weather catastrophes that we ARE aware of ahead of time like Hurricane Katrina.

But we are absolutely, 110%, unequivocally positive that nothing is going to happen on December 21, 2012. So many people are absolutely sure about it. It’s going to be a cold (at least in North America), but otherwise beautiful day in the world. Sunshine, lollipops, and gumdrops all over the globe. No volcano eruptions, no hurricanes, no tsunamis, no earthquakes, no meteor showers, nothing. We’re positive.

At least that’s what the great majority of scientists and historians and experts spout off. And because most of us “lay” people are robots who believe just about anything we’re told, 98% of the populace believes the same thing.

I don’t necesarily believe it. But I am hoping they are correct. I’d like to see a cold, but sunny day myself on 12/21/12.

If we could just figure out a few of the more simpler things though to ease my mind. Like out-of bounds calls in football, and fair or foul ball calls in baseball. Anything.

Then I’d be just a bit more comfortable.

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