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March 2010_june_july_2009.qxd 29/03/2010 11:53 AM Page 36 36 Have Conspiracy Theories Gone Too Far? Have conspiracy theories mainstream, such things get swept under the Why then are so many enthralled by really gone too far? rug, and the theories of the waiting space fleets belief in an extraterrestrial grandparent? to save a doomed humanity from the effects of Perhaps it is because stargazing is something by Todd Daigneault the passing brown star reign the day. [] that we alone of all the mammals enjoy doing, as we look up at the night sky and gaze into a Conspiracy theories abound from talk Do you believe that galaxy filled with dark matter, quasars, black radio to cable to the Internet...and beyond. We humanity was created by holes, suns, moons, and planets. It forces us to wonder what else is out there, and fires the hear everything from President Obama not being constitutionally-qualified to be president, extraterrestrials? imagination with thoughts of other worlds conceivably populated by intelligent beings to a waiting space fleet to deal with the possible by Frank L Parket with varying levels of evolutional development. pending demise of humanity from the 3,600 Do I believe there is life on other worlds? Yes I year orbit of a passing brown star that will pass do, or else the galaxy is a colossal waste of real near the Earth, wreaking mind-numbing At a time long before the human race amounts of devastation. The only problem with was born, immense comets crashed into our estate. Do I believe that humanity was created such theories is that little evidence and proof is young and impressionable planet, as some by extraterrestrials? No I don't. The thought that offered. In the case of President Obama not current theories describe, and deposited the we are descended from a race of beings that being constitutionally-qualified, as some essential building blocks and main ingredients originated on "Planet-X," visited Earth at the conspiracy-theorists have pointed out, a for life itself. If you are one who accepts this mountain of evidence is offered to support theory, then every living thing that has ever dawn of time and created humanity, effected our evolution, or combined their DNA with ours, I President Obama. But some of the conspiracy existed on Earth, from trilobites to a dozen do not believe for a second. We are all children theorists never hear it, propagating wildly fragrant red roses with thorny stems, is of Earth, the mother of us all, and that alone is exaggerated claims, backed up by shreds of extraterrestrial in nature. something to be proud of, and a reason to care flimsy evidence-and a hidden-agenda.. Extraterrestrial meaning that all of the Sadly enough, the Internet seems to particles necessary for life to originate and then for her as best as we can. [] have become a wasteland for such claims and flourish here on Earth, came from space to theories. With a global platform that can easily begin with. I believe this theory and find it reach billions, many can come on and write wild plausible. claims, backed up by little or no scientific On the other hand, asking, "do you evidence. Sure enough, scientists can, at times, believe that humanity was created by be an arrogant lot, with closed minds and non- extraterrestrials," is a different question entirely. yielding belief structures. Scientific- The inherent implication of this query is that "humanism" has almost become a religion in Earth was visited by sentient beings who itself-humanism being the belief that humanity originated elsewhere, migrated here, and that is the center of its known sphere of influence. we are their descendants. I do not believe that, There is nothing else that can't be explained but am aware that many people do. away by conventional scientific doctrine. Science states that every species of Some of the scientists and their doctrine insect, fish or mammal that has ever been are to blame for this flood of conspiracy discovered, observed or cataloged, is theories. Science has to yield more in its beliefs, indigenous. Why not us? We are animals too, doing real investigations into some of these though we have evolved independently and claims. With many scientists refusing to hear differently than our mammalian cousins in Is Nibiru really hurtling anything, and even actively debunking, certain respects and have acquired things like conspiracy theories will grow and multiply, self-awareness, structured language, towards Earth? spreading a wave of paranoia, from everything civilization, immense cities, and space Continued from Page 33 like the 'New World Order' to UFO space fleets technology. In these ways we are set apart from waiting to rescue humanity from its possible other animals, but there is nothing to suggest - But What If...? - demise from the passing brown star... that we are alien in origin. In all the ways that In the case of the passing brown star, truly matter we are the same. We have no The pro-Nibiru community has probably some evidence is offered through ancient special claim to longevity, we are susceptible to got one thing bang on: If there really was a records and accounts of ancient global disease, we need air to breathe, and we need planet poised to unleash astronomical and catastrophes, such as the Biblical flood. The food and water to live. We are all are part of the biological devastation by swinging through the brown star theory has been interchanged with same eco-system, and the DNA that makes the inner solar system, and we had just learned the ancient Sumerian account of the passing of animal kingdom what it is, is part of our genetic about this in the past few years, then very likely the god's primal home, planer Nibiru. It has makeup as well. governments would not be in a rush to tell their been equated to the return of Nibiru...or the While the seeds of life might have come citizens about it. They would want to come up brown star. There may be some truth to it. We from space in the form of comets crashing into with a plan first - and it would be difficult to just don't know for certain. With the Mayan our planet-sized egg, there is no evidence in our have a plan for something as celestially huge as calendar ending in 2012, many have jumped on collective human heritage to suggest that we, as that. that to mean that Nibiru, or the passing brown a race, were born anywhere other than here. We The problem is, however, that the vast star is about to wield its arc of death onto a can trace our line all the way back to our cave majority of astronomers have either no or very largely unsuspecting global population, with dwelling ancestors, who didn't have starships, little connection to the central structures of only the elite-cabals knowing what's about to and left behind plenty of artifacts for us to adorn government that would be responsible for happen. museum displays with. From those common keeping this secret. Most of them are either There is no doubt that conspiracy ancestors to "Mitochondrial Eve," we can amateurs or at least academics. The conspiracy theories have gone way too far, at times follow our footsteps forward in time to the more required to suppress such knowledge would be seemingly verging on deluded and paranoid "evolved" humans whose genius and ingenuity breathtakingly huge. Which, I imagine, is very belief structures. But there has to be a more invented the atomic bomb and the MTV Music little comfort, for those readers who already active look into these things by science, or else Awards. The human race through countless believe that the moon landings were faked or paranoia and delusion reign the day. There also years and many evolutionary changes has that the government is already suppressing is no doubt that many things like UFOs and struggled and grown into who and what we are widespread evidence of contact with other things do have validity. But unless there is now, and despite the numerous flaws in our extraterrestrial space travellers. If it was doing either disclosure or a more active and thorough society, our ability to learn and grow and change that, I suppose it just might be able to suppress investigation that brings it more to the makes us unique, but not of extraterrestrial origin. evidence of Nibiru as well.[]