Perhaps that is why there are now tentative noises from TPTB about these technologies that in the past they've ridiculed? (Viz. NASA's recent announcement about cold fusion).stevecook172001 wrote:Do you really think that if cold fusion (or hot fusion) were possible, given that our economies are currently falling apart across the globe due to, fundamentally, the rising cost of energy, that these exotic energy production technologies would not have been used already?
Now, don’t misunderstand me, human organisations are more than capable of suppressing information if they think it goes against their interests (See Michelangelo for details). However, it is not in Western governments’ interests to suppress viable technology for producing energy.
Of course, it may also be a feeble attempt to avert panic in the stock market. Only time will tell.
On the other hand... I've read suggestions in "speculative" literature, that the technology that they have their hands on is pretty simple to implement once you know the principles. The last thing the energy corps want is people producing free energy in their sheds.
I don't know, maybe it's rubbish.
No, you are right, and here we are discussing it.Nor is it anywhere as easy to suppress such information for any significant length of time now with modern telecommunication as compared to centuries past.
But don't underestimate the resources put into disinformation, or the power of groupthink. After all, despite the Internet, the apparently dishonest claims by MIT about replication of cold fusion experiments were believed by all right-thinking scientists.
Shouting "bad science" plays on the intellectual insecurity of those keen to parade their scientific literacy, and ensures that truly independent thinkers get drowned out.
What makes you so sure? The available narratives are far from simple, and throw up many unanswered and indeed unanswerable questions.The fact is, we humans love a simple narrative. It's why we have religion and other ideologies. It's also why it is equally tempting to construct a narrative that implies the world is run along intelligent lines (even if only for the benefit of a few).
Unfortunately, though, for the most part the world is not a run by genius Machiavellians for the benefit of a few. It's run by idiotic psychopaths for the benefit of a few.
But the statement "Everything is chaotic" is the simplest narrative of all.
That can equally well be explained by the fact that they don't care about us. Look at who survives or profits from the f***-ups, and they start to look a little less like f***-ups. Read "The Shock Doctrine" if you don't believe me.Which goes a long way to explaining why things tend to f*ck-up on a fairly regular basis