Society's Child
Even The Washington Post's Celebritology 2.0 blog got in on the action Wednesday, with a post headlined, "Does George Lucas Think the World Will End in 2012?"
While the question mark might indeed be the blogger's best friend, the answer to the query is a resounding "no."
"I spoke with George," said Lucasfilm rep Lynne Hale in an e-mail to Wired.com about this issue of obvious intergalactic importance.
"He was not serious when he talked about the end of the world in 2012 but he is an adamant believer that the world is flat, that Stonehenge was built by aliens, and that the sun revolves around the Earth," Hale said. "These are among the many subjects he commonly discusses at length with Elvis, who he's going to digitally insert into Indy 5 along with a roster of famous dead actors."
While Lucas and his associates clearly have a sense of humor about the rumor's wildfire propagation, Rogen was reportedly "left stunned" by Lucas' comments during a meeting that was also attended by Steven Spielberg, according to The Toronto Sun story that set the rumor mill buzzing.
Read the remainder of this Wired.com article here
Reader Comments
While I absolutely agree with you in principal. . ,
In terms of social science, yeah, I think it *does* give a theory more credibility. That's how herds work, and that's why the shame programming is so securely bolted into place.
I find it interesting to see how the public mask is so desperate to maintain itself; that embarrassment for thinking beyond the bounds of the orthodox is so terrible that spin doctors must be hired to lie on behalf of public figures.
Personally, the most annoying part is that Lucas has such a mixed up view of the whole thing. It causes me to ache inside when I see people tuning themselves to lies. (Interestingly, it doesn't bother me at all when I see bible-programmed types people get it wrong, yet when somebody is actually trying to get close to the truth but has been successfully tarballed, it bothers me a lot.)
I'd like to send him some of Laura's books, but his ivory tower doesn't accept brown paper packages, I suspect.
Oh well.
Why should we care what George Lucas thinks about it? Does it give the theory more credibility if he believes in it?