Hi Renormalised & All,
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Originally Posted by renormalised
The problem with this Nibiru business is that most of the people who make these grand pronouncements about the whole thing have little to no working knowledge of science. They bring their own preconceived notions to what they read and write and because they don't understand what they see they just follow the "accepted" paradigm. Most of this stuff is quasi-religious in nature and it contains a great hodge-podge of beliefs about the "end of the world". This gets mixed in with the more loopy ideas on an equally quasi-religious nature about ET, space and such. What makes it tragic is that because they have little understanding of science, they can make any proclaimation and use real science to back up their conspiracies just by twisting the science to match what they believe in. If it sounds "scientific" enough, you can fool anyone into believing any crackpot theory...only thing is those who do know something about science can see right through the nonsense. Problem is most scientists aren't eloquent enough wordsmiths or persuasive enough speakers to be able to counter this sort on thing. It's much easier to follow and believe someone who can tell a cracker story and sound authentic enough, than to listen to someone that actually knows what they're talking about but can't get it across in a convincing enough manner. It's all about the "sales" pitch. All you need is a receptive audience, one with just enough education to be truly ignorant and easy to sway with a clever and convincing argument.
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Could not agree more !! Hear, hear -- well done on putting it so well
Best,
Les D