2012 - proof at last?

My views on 2012, the end of the Mayan Calendar, Ascension and the End of The World are well known. It's all crap. Or is it?

Todays newspaper article (here) seems to link 2012 to something more tangible - the sunspot cycle. Can it be true?

The problem with End Times theories is laid out in detail in my book A New Day, but suffice to say there have been many near misses. I have a book called 'Judgement of Jupiter' on my shelves which predicts doom , gloom and disaster in the year 1982. I remember very well the Harmonic Convergence in 1987 and 2000 that came to nothing, plus of course the Millenium Bug.

The old world has already ended. It happened on Sept 11th 2001. Nothing has been the same since. I still doubt whether 2012 will deliver much to write home about.

Palmistry - the proof

I find it laughable that science continues to scoff at all matters paranormal, yet produces research such as this. Any decent palmist will tell you that they have known about nail and finger shape and appearance, and what it means for the owner, for a very long time.
The fact that science now confirms it doesn't show us how great science it. Far from it. It shows us how behind science is and how it is as much a bar to progress as a gateway to it.

The New Priesthood

Science. Witchcraft with clipboards.
Those were the words i heard at the weekend and they stayed with me, because this week the New Priesthood - scientists - are getting serious.
On Wednesday the Large Hadron Collider at CERN will be switched on in a attempt to recreate the conditions that existed at the very beginning of the universe, and to prove the existence or otherwise of God.
That's it then, hail science, the all conquering new religion. Full of certainty, full of predictability.
My arse.
The last time i had an argument about science versus mysticism i was confronted with the words ' I don't believe in psychics, i believe in science.' The person that said this failed to recognise the total contradiction of their own words.
Belief is the enemy here. Scientists have begun to believe their own hype and people just follow blindly the words 'proof' in the same way their ancestors followed the word 'holy'.
It'll all end in tears. But not this week. The experiment will prove nothing, and show nothing, but the ritual will be observed by many across the globe, including those who fear the results.
How is that anything other than a religion?

Wrap Your Arms Around the World

Can somebody tell me how this improves the sum total of human wealth and happiness?
Don't get me wrong, i like new information and greater knowledge, but i wonder how much time, energy and money has been spent on this 'discovery', when all the time there are plenty of two legged people who could sure use some of it.
Anyway, some octopusses (octopi, octopodes?) have more than 8 - according to this strangeness.