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I came across an interesting article located here: Alien Bible Translated. Once again, total nonsense at its best. Fortunately, it comes from a “fake” news website. I find it reassuring as it looks totally fake and that’s the purpose of the website. The real danger is that I realized people are actually believing this, without even checking where the news was coming from. Here’s a summary of the article:

WEEKLY World News sources have confirmed that a professor at Webster University — the birthplace of the world-famous English dictionary — is in possession of a book that was printed on another world. What’s more, the thick volume isn’t a cookbook.

“It’s an alien bible,” said 41- year-old linguistics professor, Dr. Emmanuel Johnson, whose skill with foreign languages has earned him the nickname “Magic.” “And wait till you hear who their god is!”

Back in his library, Dr. Johnson opened the container.

“Being whacked against the foreman’s head had loosened the top,” Dr. Johnson said. “It popped right off. I began to wonder if, in fact, that was how the aliens opened containers on their world. If so, they must have suffered brain damage over time.”

Inside, Dr. Johnson found a small, thick book. The cover illustration showed a constellation that bore the unmistakable likeness of Oprah Winfrey. Stunned, he opened the book, which consisted of multicolored, cloth-like materials. The writing glowed when the professor looked at it.

“It was an illuminated manuscript,” Dr. Johnson explained. “I was immediately able to translate the title, which is called Their Eyes Are Watching Me. The book was comprised of two sections: A Sacred Alien Testament: Written and a Sacred Alien Testament: Oral.”

“The Oral Testament actually speaks to the reader,” Dr. Johnson revealed. “Naturally, it talks in the authoritative but reassuring voice of Oprah.

“It begins with a section called ‘Syndication,’ which encourages aliens to do good deeds on other worlds, including the Earth,” Dr. Johnson continued. “We suspect that the alien visitors who owned this bible were missionaries, members of Oprah’s ‘The Angel Connection.’ It instructs acolytes on the basics of worship, including the use of something called ‘the remote.’

Please, we really have to stop that kind of things as it makes every UFO believer lose credibility. I know it’s fake news, but people are sadly actually believing this. I know it’s a small majority of people, but that’s too much.

I particularily enjoyed: “The cover illustration showed a constellation that bore the unmistakable likeness of Oprah Winfrey.”

Anyway, I thought it was a funny article, but unfortunately, some people believe it.

I was thinking about that today. The fact that we say access to information is a lot more easier now than it used to be. With television, newspapers and Internet, you have a constant feed of information and you don’t even have to make an effort. We say it’s good. You know, more information, more education, better population, better jobs, etc. I’m not convinced.

Honestly, before today I thought the Internet, television and all other modern communication mediums were all in the best interest of the population. I stopped for a couple of minutes and really thought about it. A hundred years ago, when you had a problem, you had to read a book and really investigate on the subject. People writing books were people with a certain level of education, which means you could always hope for a certain level of quality. Books were the knowledge. Of course, not many people had access to school and education wasn’t really that important at the time so it didn’t really matter for most of the population. It was some sort of elite population.: that 1% that could afford going to school and saw the interest of it.

So what is it today? Everybody has access to information but still it doesn’t change. There’s so many crap on the Internet and on T.V. that there’s still a huge lack of good information. So much misinformation is going on and it scares me because we’re not necessarily further than we were 100 years ago. The only difference is that everybody think they hold the truth. Everybody’s an expert today. You know, “I’ve read that on the Internet”, “I’ve watched that show”, etc. Everybody holds the truth and everybody fights for it, not really knowing why, just because they’ve read it somewhere.

100 years ago, you had that 1% of population taking important decisions. Today, you still have 1% of the population or even less taking the decisions, but 85% think they can do better. Because you know, they’ve read about it on the internet.

I’m not saying there’s 85% dumb people and 1% elite people. I’m more going against “false experts”. It’s not because you read something on the web or watch a t.v. show that what you read/see is absolute truth. Easier access to information is good, but it also brings easier access to misinformation. Unfortunately, misinformation is more accessible.

Let’s make it a positive post and says that overall I think we win. But you have to choose between access to information and access to misinformation.

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