Newsgroup: it.fan.asimov
Titolo: Isaac Asimov and Conspiracies

I wrote the following message about two years ago and published it on the
internet; I am now distributing it much wider. Please read my message
'Socialism and Conspiracies' first. Both messages are on my website at:
http://www.stevewallis.org
In my previous message on 'Socialism and Conspiracies', I said that I
think the conspiracies have been going on since the time of the Russian
Revolution in 1917. If they have been going on for so long, then surely
someone would have tried to tell the world about them before now. Well,
I think someone has, and I think that someone was Isaac Asimov.
It is no accident that Asimov was a science fiction author. Science
fiction allows you to write about scientific advances that may have
already been made, but that are kept secret from the general public, as
well as allowing you to speculate about scientific advances that may be
made in the future. Also, basing your stories in the future can be a way
of outwitting your enemies who wouldn't allow similar stories based in
the present day to be published - the stories seem less of a threat.
I have been a fan of Asimov since my childhood. I have read all his
novels that I could get my hands on as well as many of his short stories
- I much prefer his novels. Asimov has also written a lot of non-fiction
but I have not read much of it. Asimov has often been praised for
writing about science in a way that is accessible to the layperson, and
I recently bought a Guide to Science that he had written which seems
very good.
Asimov described himself as a Jew and he has written a lot about the
Bible (old and new testaments). It is important to point out that Asimov
also described himself as an atheist. In case anyone is wondering, I am
a quarter Jewish and I'm also an atheist.
I think that there are a lot of hints about conspiracies that are going
on scattered throughout Asimov's work. There are probably hints in the
works of many other intelligent authors - you can't help revealing
things about the world you live in. However, I think the hints in
Asimov's work are big enough to indicate that Asimov was consciously
playing a role of letting the general public know what has been going on
and what lies in store for the human race.
The biggest hints about the conspiracies that are going on are contained
in Asimov's epic Foundation series. The key concept in this series was
'psychohistory', which is used to predict the future by studying the
actions of masses of people - there are obvious parallels with Marxism
here. In the novels, Hari Seldon and a small group of fellow
'mathematicians' composed a plan for the future of humanity - involving
the replacement of the old Empire that was decaying around them by a
newer better more humane Empire. There are obvious parallels here with
the replacement of the decaying capitalist system by a better more
humane system via a world socialist revolution.
So the 'Seldon plan' was a blueprint for a revolution mapped out in
advance. It was very complicated and had lots of conditional bits that
only came into effect if certain circumstances arose. Although the
important parts of it were fully mapped out in advance, it was
continually modified as processes developed to take into account
unforeseen circumstances. I believe that a similar plan for the world
socialist revolution has been drawn up by conspirators on the side of
the working class.
It is important not to take Asimov's novels too literally. I think
Seldon massively underestimated the role of individuals in history to
the extent of being able to predict exactly when 'Seldon crises' would
occur. I also think the 1000 year time span is a red herring; there is
no way a revolution should take that long, even if it is occurring for
the whole galaxy rather than a single planet (which is obviously where
the real revolution will take place).
There is another aspect of the Foundation series which is highly
relevant to the conspiracies that are going on. Asimov explained how a
tiny proportion of the population evolved limited mind reading and mind
control powers. People with these powers are able to read some thoughts
in the minds of other people (but not the deepest layers of the
subconscious). They are also able to 'nudge' people a little in a
certain direction - to take a decision that they need a little more
'encouragement' to make. If there are at least two such people in the
same room, then, acting together, their mind control powers are
magnified considerably. In Asimov's work, people with these powers are
gathered together in the secret Second Foundation. There is also a
'mutant' called the Mule with much greater powers (and I have no idea
whether such strong powers are possible in reality).
So why do I think these mind reading/control powers are more than just
fiction? Well, I have witnessed them first hand on two occasions in the
past couple of years. On one occasion, I was persuaded to make a
decision which I was 100% determined not to make beforehand, in a
meeting with two other people - and looking back, the arguments they
used shouldn't have been at all convincing. On another occasion, I held
a 'conversation' with someone else by thinking certain thoughts and
watching his responses - he could definitely read those conscious
thoughts.
I think that there are important hints in Asimov's later novels, as well
as in the original trilogy (Foundation, Foundation and Empire, Second
Foundation). I view Gaia/Galaxia as similar to the future communist
society envisaged by Marx and Engels (a stateless society based on
cooperation unlike the Stalinist states which have been misnamed
'Communist'). However, it is important to point out one thing that is
pure fiction – the 'humaniform' robot R. Daneel Olivaw, who also has
mind reading and mind control powers, and directs everything behind the
scenes. I also think that the 'second Foundation trilogy' novels,
written by different authors after Asimov supposedly died, are well
worth reading too (but read Asimov's novels first, and don't take these
other novels too literally either).
Finally, I'll issue a warning: it is probably safer to buy the books
from a bookshop rather than from the internet. I bought an Asimov book
called Magic from an internet company that will remain anonymous for
legal reasons which was so bad that I suspect that company tampered with
it. If you live in the UK, I recommend Waterstones or WHSmith.
The Asimov novels are, in chronological order:
Prelude to Foundation
Forward the Foundation
Foundation
Foundation and Empire
Second Foundation
Foundation's Edge
Foundation and Earth
The second Foundation trilogy novels are, in chronological order:
Foundation's Fear, by Gregory Benford
Foundation and Chaos, by Greg Bear
Foundation's Triumph, by David Brin
--
Steve Wallis, a member of South Manchester Socialist Alliance
My socialist web page - 
http://www.stevewallis.org
Also involved in the Coalition Against Sanctions and War on Iraq
(
http://www.stevewallis.org/iraq
)
The start of my autobiography, 'Transition', is now available on the web
at: 
http://www.stevewallis.org/transition.htm

 pure fiction - the 'humaniform' robot R. Daneel Olivaw, who also has
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