Nexus - Nexus October-November 2024

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THE GREAT AI DECEPTION Although "artificial intelligence" is being marketed as a revolutionary technology, it is exploited for power and financial gain, says T.J. Coles, and in reality, machines are programmed to mimic our behaviours without oversight, leading to dangerous scenarios in many situations. TARGETTING TRUMP T.J. Coles looks at recent US political history, noting every president since Ronald Reagan has had significant ties to the intelligence agencies, until Donald Trump—and in this context examines events and key players around the July 13 assassination attempt. BEWARE MYCOPLASMA PANDEMICS 31 We revisit this article by Donald W. Scott, MA, MSc and William L.C. Scott, BA, warning that if the world's population is struck by a "flu-like" pandemic disease, it may be by a species of micro-organism known as Mycoplasma—not a mutated bird, bat or monkey "virus". LOST HISTORY ATTENTION TEST Oleksiy Arkhypov postulates that historical science may have failed to notice the existence of a colony from the Caspian region who made pilgrimages to Siberia from the 12th to 17th centuries and experienced what is described as ultrasonic weapons. SCIENCE NEWS: COSMOS BREAKTHROUGH A breakthrough unites quantum physics and general relativity, and electricity's role is explored in the formation of giant gold nuggets, the prediction of earthquakes and instant fossilisation as well as living organisms' connection with the atmosphere. CROP CIRCLES 2024: QUIET ANTICIPATION? MYSTERY BROCHS, CRANNOGS AND FORTS STRANGE TIMES: OUTBACK DINOSAURS This excerpt from Rex and Heather Gilroy's fascinating book, Out of the Dreamtime investigates the abundance of accounts of saurian-type reptiles being seen in relatively modern times in Australia's Outback by Indigenous Australians and European settlers.