Conspiracy101

1. Aliens didn’t build Stonehenge;
   
2. Man did land on the Moon;
   
3. Beatle Sir Paul is alive and kicking.
4. Boy, do we love a good conspiracy.
5. Start with a fact or two;
6. stir in some conjecture;
7. a little confusion;
8. a distorted quotation;
9. add a doctored photo.
10. And most recently add the internet……
11. a subtle twitter….
12. …as gentle as the proverbial butterfly wing’s beat the other side of the globe…
13. and there you have it:
14. a gestating Conspiracy Theory.
15. Of course they are denying it: that’s because it is true!
    
16. They would say that.
17. Water fluoridation. Oh yes!
    
18. And don’t even start on global warming….
    
19. Nor JFK.
    
20. 9/11.
    
21. Clinton Body Count.
    
22. The Philadelphia Experiment.
    
23. Even the creation of good ol’ Wikipedia.
    
24.  And what the FDA gets up to….
25. We love a good conspiracy:
26. a simple fact made into a narrative, a story, a drama to which we can all contribute, tell and re-tell.
27. Why do we do it?
28. We are dramatists at heart!
29. We love story..
30. Once we couldn’t write anything down as there was no….paper. Incredible, but true!
31. So memory…
32. ..plus story-telling ability…
33. was all there was.
34. The story of the tribe, the story of the culture.
35. We miss those times and their great rambling sagas…
36. of men and women… of monsters and sea creatures…
37. and gold and demons…
38. and heroes and heroines.
39. It’s what make us one of the most loveable creatures in the universe. Most of the time.
40. There, in a youngish solar system in an ancient empty universe. On a craggy blue and green planet spinning around a Sun at a perfect distance to support Life. Thunder and lightening. All alone. Grappling with language and the pains of the subjunctive, we were sitting around camp fires….
41. …telling stories…
42. …creating urban myths before anyone knew what urban meant.
43. And when there were things we didn’t understand or people we didn’t like we searched and searched for meaning and understanding when it wasn’t always there…
44. …especially when it might create blame and propagate it…
45. so we wrapped it around a story for longevity.
46. The conspiracy was born.
47. Such as the North American Union and its currency the amero
    
48. And of course Shakespeare isn’t 'the man' after all...
    
49. And where is Shergar?
50. But most of the time.
51. Perhaps, disappointingly.
52. The explanation is simple.
53. Damn simple.
54. Too damn simple for our liking a lot of the time.
55. The obvious.
56. The simple.
57. OCCAM PUT  IT PRETTY WELL.
58. Occam's razor: the concept that when you have two opposing/diverging/different ideas that make exactly the same predictions, the simpler one is the most likely to be correct. 
59. And you know the biggest?
60. Globe spinning?
61. Mind numbing?
62. Ever quoted, lip-smacking conspiracy on the planet?
63. "Success is a function of school and college".
64. But it isn’t.
65. It simply isn’t.
66. Success is a function of oomph.
67. Sure, college can help.
68. (although if handled badly it sure can hinder)
69. but: whatever you want….
70. ..whatever success is for you
71. The salary increase.
72. The girl.
73. The house on the hill.
74. The car.
75. Don’t believe the hearsay.
76. Work on your mindset.
77. Releasing the A W E S O M E potential of your brain.
78. The only real conspiracy is how well we have been conditioned.
79. School, college, mba….
80. It isn’t intrinsically bad. It really, really isn’t. But. IT AIN”T ENOUGH for what you
81. That’s you.
82. Really want.
83. Stop the drip feed into your brain.
84. That success is dependent on ‘tick-list’ education.
85. It actually depends on oomph, drive, attitude, mindset. Call it what you will.
86. That’s get up and go.
87. Get up and ask. Yell, if necessary.
88. Get up and make the call.
89. Get up and send the 100^th CV.
90. Conspiracy over.
91. No aliens
92. (Although do read the Area 51 Autopsy report. It’s mighty cool).
93. No hidden FBI nor CIA transmitters in the back of your TV (obviously worth checking every so often, though)
94. No doctored Starbucks coffee. It’s just simply strong.
95. Just you and what you want.
96. 1 nanometre (that’s very, very small) apart.
97. There for the grabbing.
98. Get the basics: school, college, MBA. Etc
99. But it ain’t enough!
100. That’s where you come in.
101. You conspiracy buster, you. Rock on.