Conspiracy upon Conspiracy

Over the years that DZ has written this blog he's commented on a number of instances where various people and groups have loudly predicted the end of the world, the rapture, the second coming of Jesus. A number of occasions where the believers have traipsed up some hill to await the end, only to come back down the next morning dejected and disappointed that they have not been saved. Also the realisation that the rest of us have not been subjected to the dire fate predicted as punishment for our lack of faith seems to irritate them.

Well, there's another one. I wouldn't normally comment on this yet again, the scenario has been done to death, but this one differs from the others in two respects.

Firstly, this one is not religiously based. It's not being promulgated by those who delude themselves that they've figured out something hidden in the bible, or that god, or Jesus is talking to them, or leaving messages in random car number plates! (yes, really).

No this one claims that, for reasons not made clear, at 14:33h GMT, on 12 August 2026 the earth will lose gravity for seven seconds, causing everything not fixed to the ground to shoot upwards. And then drop back to Earth with catastrophic consequences.

The second difference is that there is a second conspiracy theory, claiming that the first is a fake conspiracy theory.

Let me explain. There are a number of people out there who believe that gravity is actually going to somehow switch off as described above. I will designate these people as Conspiracists Understanding Nasty Threat. Or Cons 1.

But there is a number of other people other people, who I will designate Anticonspiracists Ridiculing Solar Events or Cons 2. These people already include flat earthers, chemtrail believers and other practitioners of crank magnetism. These people claim that evidence for their various village idiot beliefs is widely present in the sky, but, are normally invisible in sunlight. And on August 12, there is going to be an eclipse. 

This, according to Cons 2, will allow the things that validate their beliefs to become visible in the sky to anyone.

They believe that those responsible for keeping all of us in the dark, the scientific establishment, particularly NASA, the media, governments etc have therefore come up with “Project Anchor.” This plan is to disseminate the gravity conspiracy theory to encourage people to stay indoors during the crucial seven seconds when the things will be visible in the sky, so they will not see the things, and ask awkward questions.

And we are supposed to be the most intelligent species on the planet.