The shocking truth
It has been clear for many that the best way to earn publicity and possibly wealth is by coming up with something utterly shocking. From the days of Nostradamus to those of Greenspan, shocking predictions held high value amid an unsuspecting public. Financial druids have been cooking up shocking predictions for many decades now – infinite prices for oil, gold and even coal have been forecasted, coupled with an infinitesimally small value for paper assets that make up the stock market. Unfortunately, for this crowd, the limits of forecasts have been reached – infinite and zero - many times over – and asset prices have shown no tendency to move to such extremes, to the disappointment of the forecasters and their followers. Modern Nostradami have been busy predicting wars, diseases, regime collapses and hyper-inflation in addition to the ever popular last drop of the black gold. Fortunately for the world (and for themselves), they never put their predictions into action.
Now, a retired engineer, who made "calculation mistakes," in the past, has topped them all. The prediction is nothing less than the end of the world and on a precise day, that is round the corner. You could almost hear a collective groan from the Mayan psyche, who had a slightly delayed prediction for the ending to the madness. What makes the current prediction a little different from the rest is that it is remarkably accurate – you could expect nothing less from an engineer. Nostradamus could be emulated, and has been by economists and hedge fund managers – as the predictions always lacked clarity and precision. Not so, for the predictions by engineers – who are almost always precise. Additionally, the "specification," has detail – it is clearly shown who will come to end it all and how He will save some and leave the rest. Such precision takes courage and that should cast doubt for the "non-believers," for the window to save themselves is narrowing as we approach the final days.
Those who take pride in the advancement of the human mind over the centuries, should pause and reflect. Are we moving forward or just sitting forward in a train that is moving backward?
