By: Todd Wheatley
(c) IQ-2k   09-02-10

While the future is exceptionally fluid places like Las Vegas, Monte Carlo, and Atlantic City would not be as vibrant without some degree of predictability. Then again those renowned hot spots function through structured probability. Such that every card turned and every roll of the dice has a measurable probability and hence a means of control. On balance the global society functions in much the same way, but every so often a wildcard is thrown. Be it a natural disaster, a man-made mishap, a chance science discovery, or shifting politics.

That is the way of the world discounting God's hand in shaping events. But TODAY increased levels of religious extremism are shaping events. The hands of "men" giving rise to religious tensions unseen for more than three hundred years. This is the backdrop to the 2012 prophesy. And so where will this lead? What events will shape the future? And most importantly WHEN?

Hopefully Dr. Know's regular readers can see that predicting the future forms an integral part of each article. Perhaps not as overt as this though always prominent. And given my unconventional business background delving into the future remains a bit problematic since some readers are acquainted with the origins of Doctor Know. Allowing others "in" may darken even my most obvious conclusions. As a matter of psychological fitness, however, it is probably better to confront ones various quirks.

It started twenty-five years ago with client-based research on holistic health that eventually morphed into paranormal studies. After that I found the psychic arts to be an interesting form of entertainment, but never considered such efforts serious despite having marketed those talents. Now, however, I want to make it clear that such ENTERTAINMENT has never played a role in my scholarly work. On the contrary I want to KNOW the world. Not find shortcuts. Still it's from this portion of my background that this article was derived. Vis-a- vis paranormal investigations, the study of religions, archeology, cultural anthropology, and the like. So here's my take on the year 2012.

The precursor to 2012 came at the turn of century when a new millennium began. Though not universal the (western) calendar pasted into the 21st century a decade ago. Much of the fascination came from an existential angst brought on by the potential for a massive computer born disaster coupled with religious prophesy. "Y2k" as this angst became popularly known never materialized. In fact many analysts predicted the non-event as early as September 1999 stating that the much of computer software had been fixed. Still there was the religious aspect that continues to cloud the future. So like the Year 2000, 2012 has become a date of anticipation.

By coincidence my company changed names in the Year 2000 to note a growing body of work and to acknowledge my most significant achievement: The Information eQuation .. IQ ... Y2k ... IQ-2k Information Services and despite the second name change in less than ten years my focus remained constant: find and structure the sum of human knowledge. Doctor Know simply came as an extension after every avenue proved unprofitable. At first I marketed my entertaining abilities on this web site, but quickly realized such efforts would detract from my more serious intent.

Now Dr. Know is used to process CURRENT EVENTS for the purpose of predicting the FUTURE. In short I am aggregating current and past events along with an extensive knowledge base to produce logical conclusions formed under the basis of deductive reasoning and an apriori epistemology ... simple analysis, in other words, no shortcuts.

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TODAY is August 31, 2010 >>> Events past and present continue to shape the future that can be widely predicted. But the year 2012 is a bit more special. It's a date calculated more than 700 years ago by the Mayans to be a time of upheaval. Or more correctly an end to civilization as noted in several documentaries. Then again there was only one civilization to the Mayans ... THEM. So given the media hype surrounding 2012 the year will MOST LIKELY end the same as Y2k -- a non-event.

On the other hand 2012 is a road block. A disruption in the standard flow of time when millions of hearts may collectively skip a beat. And for good reason because much of it has started ... TODAY ... 2010.

January 1st 2010 started a new decade. Perhaps not as profound as the new decade started in the Year 2000, but new nonetheless. Time in America, it seems, runs in a cyclical fashion similar to the documented cycles of the ancient Mayans. Therefore extending the metrics of the past one-hundred years a new decade is a time of beginnings. Most decadal timelines do not become apparent for at least a year and often two. Take September 11, 2001, for example, the START of a decade "War on Terror". Here are other examples:

1900 BEGINNING of the "Modern Age"

1914-1918 WWI
1920 BEGIN (boom - Roaring 20's9

END (boom Oct.1929 ) stock market crash
BEGIN = 1930 the Great Depression

1938 Germany attacks Poland

END (bust)
Dec.7,1941 - Pearl Harbor attack - U.S. enters WWII

BEGIN = 1950 Cold War (Korean War)

1952 - Baby BOOM & economic BOOM
1961 - Space Age begins & Vietnam War

END (boom) END (space race) 1969 - moon landing
BEGIN (bust)

1971 - stagflation
1973 - Yom Kippur War - Arab Oil Embargo

END (bust) 1980
BEGIN (boom)

1982 - Reaganomics, MICROCOMPUTERS

END (Cold War) 1989
BEGIN (regional wars)

1990 - Gulf War (Iraq I)
.. Bosnia, Somalia, East Timor, Darfor

1992 - partisan politics takes off

2000 - the new millennium

Mar.2001 Stock market crash - Tech wreck

BEGIN (War on Terror) 2002

END (boom - housing) Sept-Dec.2008 Banking Crash

2010 - the Great Recession
2012 - CONVERGENCE

2013 -- 13 -- 13 -- 13 -- black hole

Consequently 2012 remains an important junction along our current timeline. It will be a time of beginning. The events are coming together even now. But the beginning of what? To explore this question we must first look how RECENT events are setting the stage for a convergence.

The BP oil catastrophe, U.S. leave Iraq, U.S. mid-term elections, the re-emergence of recession fears, and now a new Mid-East peace initiative.

And so goes 2010 and the growing blackhole surrounding the year 2012. I call it a blackhole because there is really no way to see around it. Hollywood has produced its vision, most notably, "2012". The cast, storyline, and visual effects reminiscent of a 1970s disaster flick. But little else of note. The History Channel, by contrast, has produced an entire series called "The Nostradamus Effect" centering on the theme of 2012. As usual, however, Hollywood and its surrogates have favored sensationalism over substance. Their concensus being "natural" disaster.

My predictions do not include natural disasters nor extraterrestrial (asteroid) cataclysms and I do not consider the ancient Maya belief as credible reference towards future events. I do however believe that given the U.S. decadal cycle of events along with the current religious extremism something of significance is LIKELY to happen in the year 2012. So let's look at the religious element as it stands TODAY.

First and foremost Islam must address radicalism along with terrorist activity. Until this happens there will be no peace in the world. Alternatively the Christian faith is hamstrung by prophesy and with so many waiting for humanity to destroy itself what incentive is there to find a peaceful solution? But wait! There is no Jewish Temple so Christian prophesy need not be attended. In fact the Temple Mount is currently occupied and revered by the Muslim faith as the point at which Muhammed ascended into heaven. Consequently there will be no Jewish temple without a major war. And without this cornerstone of prophesy any disruption in the region will remain incidental to the Apocalypse.

Concurrently Judaism is constrained by borders and Zionist expansion into the Occupied Territories does not send a message of peace. Nor does the announcement of increased uranium enrichment by Iran. So just like the past sixty years the region remains a tenderbox waiting for a match.

Will Israel make an incursion into Iran? Or will it be trouble in Iraq? Perhaps a terrorist plot will enflame the forces of war. All are equally possible and equally frightening. Yet regardless of what happens all three major religions have reason to dread the sands of time. And it's possible 2012 could be the time when the sands run out. War in the Middle East is the first and most possible scenario. And the first test is here TODAY as U.S. combat troops are withdrawn from Iraq.

The real catalyst for the convergent events of 2012 comes from four election cycles around the globe: the United States, Russia, Israel, and Mexico all have presidential elections in 2012. And it is a very safe bet that the next election will be the nastiest in the last one hundred years if not of all time.

So you see, no magic. Just simple arithmetics. The odds of probability. For the past one hundred years the United States and much of the world has gone ten for ten in disruptive starts to each decade. It's time to start hedging those bets. Just ask Dr. Know ....

From the beginning of recorded history sooth-sayers like the Oracle at Delphi, Nostradamus, and the intriguing Edgar Casey have given psychic predictions that fall into the category of the paranormal. But the highly publicized date of 2012 blends psychic prediction with religious prophesy. And given a religious fervor not seen in three hundred years who knows where this will drive the hands of "men"? Furthermore the limited number of scholarly documentaries on the Maya reveal only that an extremely precise calendar exists ending their "Long- count" in the year 2012. That coupled with the Maya belief in astrological cycles created the 2012 phenomena.

Now discounting the very remote possibility that aliens endowed the Maya (note the movie "Knowing" (c)2009) with foreknowledge of a future global cataclysm, none will occur. Put succinctly the Mayan vision for 2012 pertained only to the Mayan culture not to the globe. So while there may be some coincidental correlation there is no reason to believe that any disruptive events in 2012 will be directly related to the ancient Maya prophesy.

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