This week traditionally is a slow week on the blog, so let me have a go at explaining something I've explained a few hundred times before, a thing which has not yet stuck.
This is all ancient Roman Religion. The idea that wars, or political changes, can be "predicted" because of signs of the activity of the gods, who control the Sun, and the Wind, and the fertility of the Earth. They influence people to do this or that, because they are fighting among themselves, probably a case of adultery or incest and whatnot.
It's all wrong. But it sells well.
There is some truth: fight among humans are influenced by necessities. If there is a drought, and a group of people are expecting a famine, that expectance may influence them to move to another place, fight whoever they find, and steal their food. Which is a small war. But all big wars start small.
The falsity is that seeing a change is enough to know that there will be a disaster for sure, and this will affect the plans of men, who then will go to war. Not necessary at all. There is free will, no matter how many times they try to subtly kill it.
This is all ancient Roman Religion. The idea that wars, or political changes, can be "predicted" because of signs of the activity of the gods, who control the Sun, and the Wind, and the fertility of the Earth. They influence people to do this or that, because they are fighting among themselves, probably a case of adultery or incest and whatnot.
It's all wrong. But it sells well.
There is some truth: fight among humans are influenced by necessities. If there is a drought, and a group of people are expecting a famine, that expectance may influence them to move to another place, fight whoever they find, and steal their food. Which is a small war. But all big wars start small.
The falsity is that seeing a change is enough to know that there will be a disaster for sure, and this will affect the plans of men, who then will go to war. Not necessary at all. There is free will, no matter how many times they try to subtly kill it.