Authors Who Read Cataclysm + Controlled Opposition Theory

March 17, 2026 — Paradigm Threat

Summary of updates. In the timeline: the overview article Authors Who Read Ancient Sources as World Cataclysm was expanded into multiple paragraphs and now includes a paragraph on the author’s controlled-opposition theory (Velikovsky/Talbott as divide-and-conquer, Talbott camp as straw man, Thornhill as the exception); the appendix gained a full section spelling out that theory with gap-in-the-record, boundary, and Thornhill distinction. In paradigm-threat-files: this blog post; hollow-earth and Tham Luang cave rescue (cosmos) investigations updated or added; mudflood investigations added for cargo cults and promised land. Details and links below.

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Overview and appendix copy only: the Authors Who Read Ancient Sources as World Cataclysm article was expanded from one paragraph into several (premise, lineages, why it matters, controlled-opposition thesis with link to appendix); the controlled-opposition appendix got a new section that spells out the author’s theory (no Saturnian cosmology before Velikovsky/Talbott, Golden-Age boundary, divide-and-conquer, Talbott as straw man, Thornhill as exception). No new events or exports this round.

Authors Who Read Ancient Sources as World Cataclysm (expanded)

Authors Who Read Ancient Sources as World Cataclysm

The timeline overview article now has multiple paragraphs:

• Premise: Ancient myth and scripture as eyewitness records of real planetary and crustal catastrophes, not allegory.
• Lineages: Velikovsky (catastrophism, omitted Saturn in print); de Santillana/von Dechend (Hamlet’s Mill); Saturnian school (Talbott, Cardona, Jno Cook); Thornhill and EU; Peratt; Schoch, Hancock, Heinsohn and chronology challengers.
• Why it matters: Shared interpretive frame for the timeline project.
• Controlled opposition: A dedicated paragraph states the author’s thesis — Velikovsky vs. Talbott as divide-and-conquer, Golden-Age-only boundary, Talbott camp as controlled opposition/straw man, Thornhill as the real deal — with a link to the full argument in the appendix.

Links to Author Profiles and Authors Challenging the Mainstream Timeline are unchanged.

Controlled Opposition & Managed Disclosure (new section)

Controlled Opposition & Managed Disclosure — section “Author’s theory: Velikovsky and Talbott as divide-and-conquer”

New section in the timeline appendix:

• Gap in the record: No published Saturnian cosmology before Velikovsky (and he left Saturn out); no one before Talbott published Saturnian cosmology including Saturn.
• Boundary: Talbott/Thunderbolts put Saturn back in but created a permitted interval (Golden Age only); discussion of what happened after is effectively off-limits (reference: Jno Cook’s Thunderbolts writings).
• Divide-and-conquer: Velikovsky vs. Talbott/camps as a managed controversy so each side attacks the other and the public dismisses both.
• Talbott camp: Read as controlled opposition — unscientific, flawed theories (e.g. collinear configuration with gravity), straw man, delaying mainstream uptake.
• Thornhill: Treated as not controlled opposition; “the real deal” despite the Thunderbolts association.

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New and updated content since the previous blog entry (2026-03-16): this post; hollow-earth investigation revised and Tham Luang cave rescue 2018 added (cosmos); two new mudflood investigations (cargo cults, promised land). All linked below.

• This post: Authors Who Read Cataclysm + Controlled Opposition Theory.
• Cosmos / hollow earth: Hollow Earth investigation (updated); Tham Luang cave rescue 2018 investigation (new).
• Mudflood: Cargo cults investigation (new); Promised land investigation (new).

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