[UA] Close, but no Cigar?

[John C]

>I agree that morphic resonance makes for a swell theory of the unnatural.
>In fact, one thing I'd like to see more of in published UA stuff is, quite
>simply, plausible but WRONG theories about the universe and how things
>work.  If I could go back in tiem to when I was writing the main book, I'd
>put in a few bullshit theories so that GMs & players who want ignorant (but
>not completely ignorant) characters would have some options.
>
>On impulse I got "The Mammoth Encyclopedia of the Unsolved" by Colin and
>Damon Wilson.  (It was only $13.00 -- and it's from the publishers of "The
>Mammoth Book of Gay Erotica" "The Mammoth Book of Bridge" and "The Mammoth
>Book of True War Stories".)  It describes a theory by David Ash and Peter
>Hewit -- the "Vortex" theory, adapted from Lord Kelvin's early physics --
>that supposedly explains the paranormal.

Is that the theory that paranormal events and beings sort of fall into our 
reality from alternate dimensions?

My favorite crackpot theory, and one that's pretty easy to tie into UA, is 
the glass cathedrals on the moon.  Apparently there's a whole bunch of 
people who believe that some mysterious force has built these tremendous 
buildings out of glass (or some other transparent material) on the surface 
of the moon.  As evidence they offer pictures from the various moon 
landings, and point out faint lines and mysterious reflections.  The 
government is, of course, covering this up.  They cover up *all* of the good 
stuff.

I'm going to print out a couple of these web pages, and add scrawled notes 
to the effect that these "cathedrals" are obviously being built by the 
Invisible Clergy.  When the building is complete, the world will end.

John Crimmins                     john1x at hotmail.com
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my pupil years ago.  A young man not without talent, but slapdash,
and huckle-muckle in his worksmanship."
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