Al G Smith

2012 approaches and the alternative media is increasingly fizzing with effervescent activity proclaiming this that and the other about  the future (or lack thereof) of the world and humanity itself.

Alternative theories speak of everything from: Hopi and Mayan prophecies (not to mention Nostradamus and Mother Shipton and that old blind Russian woman’s words of unspeakable woe soon to be upon us!)!!; Alien disclosure — including for some the looming possibility of visitations and attacks of either a ’real’ (?) or false flag nature; the supposed New World Order(NWO) and/or illuminati or the “33 ruling families’ blood-lines” plans and their current machinations that aim to further tighten their control of the globe — plans which some suggest may include mass extermination of billions of the population, to achieve a manageable 500 million (as apparently predicated by the Georgia Guide Stones!)…

And then of course there is the ongoing controversy about the impact and effects of human actvity in stimulating the ‘Greenhouse Effect’ (or not!) and the undoubted  ’hockey stick’ graphical increase in CO2 emmissions and the implications for pushing us deeper into a period of mass extinction that there are alreday signs that we are entering into (with the big question remaining unanswered — will such a period of extinction include Homo sapiens?)…

And that is not to begin to suggest just what the 5% or so of ’supposedly genuine’ crop-circles are trying to tell us — if (as many seem to suggest) — they are indeed messages of import sent by conscious and concerned inter-planetary, or even perhaps pan-dimensional, beings who are trying to warn us of our folly, or our future, if we fail to change our ways!…

Who knows the real truth behind these and countless other ideas, theories and indeed blatant phantasies emerging daily from that corner of the web that would patently weave 2 and 2 into 5 (or more), and that constantly promulgates so-called ’proof’ and ‘data’ that fulfils neither definition of such words in the ‘real’ world?

But if one applies Occam’s razor, the concept that given two (or more, I presume) competing theories that seek to explain a particular phenomenon (or in this case ‘prediction’ of potential global collapse) then it is the option that requires the least number of hypotheses in order to sustain its proposition that is to be preferred as the most likely explanation… That is — the simplest explanation usually wins-out…

Then perhaps it is this lex parsimoniae, or Law of economy (which happens to be particularly apposite title) that should be applied when listening to Chris Martenson explaining in crystal clear terms just why we ARE truly likely to be facing some very real and serious challenges over the coming few years.

To be sure Martensen brandishes more than  a few ‘hockey sticks’ of his own in presenting his cogent and persuasive argument (as you will see!). We could in fact even at this moment already be facing the trial of deciding what to do in those last 5 metaphorical-minutes that he refers to… Question is — will we actually all (as a global unified force) decide we have to act, agree on what to do and act big enough and fast enough, to do anything practical to avoid an increasingly likely-looking civilization-shattering meltdown?

The clock is ticking… but this is well worth an hour of your time: