That reminds me of the May 21 end times movement. I got a hold of a copy of the work by Harold Camping that the whole movement was based on. It was utter nonsense, front to finish, including both numerology from the Bible and pseudoscience. Thing is, it was just plausible enough that someone with a poor understanding of science and the disasters resulting from numerology could be fooled. And they were fooled, to the point of financial ruin in many cases for people who sold all their belongings in anticipation of being whisked away to heaven.
That reminds me of the May 21 end times movement. I got a hold of a copy of the work by Harold Camping that the whole movement was based on. It was utter nonsense, front to finish, including both numerology from the Bible and pseudoscience. Thing is, it was just plausible enough that someone with a poor understanding of science and the disasters resulting from numerology could be fooled. And they were fooled, to the point of financial ruin in many cases for people who sold all their belongings in anticipation of being whisked away to heaven.
This comic feels a little more prescient, though