"THE BRAIN POLICE" AND "THE BIG LIE"
Any time you allege a conspiracy is afoot,
especially in the field of science, you are treading on thin ice. We
tend to be very sceptical about conspiracies--unless the Mafia or
some Muslim radicals are behind the alleged plot. But the evidence is
overwhelming and the irony is that much of it is in plain view.
The good news is that the players are obvious.
Their game plan and even their play-by-play tactics are transparent,
once you learn to spot them. However, it is not so easy to penetrate
through the smokescreen of propaganda and disinformation to get to
their underlying motives and goals. It would be convenient if we
could point to a plumber's unit and a boldface liar like Richard
Nixon, but this is a more subtle operation.
The bad news: the conspiracy is global and there
are many vested interest groups. A cursory investigation yields the
usual suspects: scientists with a theoretical axe to grind, careers
to further and the status quo to maintain. Their modus operandi is "The Big
Lie"--and the bigger and more widely publicised, the better. They
rely on invoking their academic credentials to support their
arguments, and the presumption is that no one has the right to
question their authoritarian pronouncements that:
1. there is no mystery about who built the Great Pyramid or what the
methods of construction were, and the Sphinx shows no signs of water
damage;
2. there were no humans in the Americas before 20,000 BC;
3. the first civilisation dates back no further than 6000 BC;
4. there are no documented anomalous, unexplained or enigmatic data
to take into account;
5. there are no lost or unaccounted-for civilisations.
Let the evidence to the contrary be damned!