The Why Files - 2 ª Season

STUXNET. The virus that prevented; then started the next world war. Cyberwar is being waged right now in your name. No matter what country you call home, your government is engaged in highly dangerous combat on the Internet. Infrastructure around the world is under siege and everyone is at risk. Even you. In 2010, the Stuxnet virus was discovered in Natanz, Iran and thousands of control systems that operate factories, power plants and nuclear reactors around the world. It was 20 times more sophisticated than any malware ever recorded. It could halt oil pipelines, destroy water treatment plants and bring down entire power grids. Stuxnet is back, stronger than ever. And we should all be concerned. Cyber-security experts knew Stuxnet wasn't ordinary malware thrown together by some basement hacker. This was something different. Let's find out why.

NOSTRADAMUS. 2022 Predictions: Earthquakes, Asteroids and Zombies? If you believe the predictions of Nostradamus and you enjoyed 2020, you're gonna love 2021. While many astrologers, seers and mystics are predicting a hopeful future. If you believe Nostradamus, you better start kissing your mommies and saying your goodbyes. He predicted that 2020 would be a "great trouble for humanity". Well, that was true. And he says a greater trouble is coming in the form of a global famine. According to Nostradamus, the famine will be the worst the world has ever faced and will ultimately end in a disruption of social hierarchies and state power. Nostradamus predicted solar storms will take place. He said: "We shall see the water rising and the earth falling under it". Then he predicts a comet or asteroid will hit the earth or come very close to striking the planet which will cause earthquakes and other natural disasters: "In the sky, one sees fire and a long trail of sparks." FYI, we did have a few close calls with asteroids this past year. And NASA's automated asteroid watching system called Sentry is currently tracking asteroid 2009 JF1. JF1 is around 130 meters in diameter. About the size of the Great Pyramid of Giza. This could hit Earth in 2022. Nostradamus predicted a great calamity would shake through the New World in the "Lands of the West" causing it to fall into the ocean. This is thought to be California. He suggested that this great calamity will happen when "Mercury in Sagittarius, Saturn fading". The date when Mars and Saturn will be in those exact positions in the sky is Thanksgiving Day, November 25, 2021. And the last prediction is a doozie. Two words: Zombie Apocalypse.

Any challenge of established scientific dogma is labeled pseudoscience. Isn't that a bit arrogant? Isn't pseudoscience only pseudoscience until it's actual... science? But people are afraid to go up against the establishment. Kepler and Copernicus were ridiculed by their peers. Louis Pasteur's research was rejected by the medical establishment. Gregor Mendel. Nikola Tesla. Initially, they were rejected. Imagine the hate they'd get if Twitter existed? In 1903 when the Wright Brothers and others were building airplanes, the New York Times said manned flight would not be possible for 1 to 10 million years. In 1985, the New York Times said no matter how inexpensive or powerful a laptop computer would become, nobody would want one. When Apple announced the iPhone, the Times said they'd probably never build it and even if they did, nobody would buy it. Speaking of Twitter, here's what the Times said when it launched: "Using Twitter for literate communication is about as likely as firing up a CB radio and hearing some guy recite 'The Iliad.' ... Whether the service can be made into a sustainable business, quite unknown. I'm skeptical." If you suggest any idea that goes against the mainstream, you're viciously attacked. Not just by Facebook and Twitter, but by the New York Freakin Times. Aren't new ideas worth exploring? Did Steve Jobs care what people thought about him? Does Elon Musk care? No. They just went out and changed the world. George Bernard Shaw said: "All great truths begin as blasphemies." This message is to those blasphemers. To the misfits and dreamers and visionaries. My message is to you: they are going to attack you. They are going to hate you. Ignore them. Keep dreaming. Keep building. Keep blaspheming. Because I can tell you with 100% certainty the world needs you - much more - than it needs the New York Times.

LEVITATION. The ruins of several ancient civilizations - like the pyramids of Giza, Stonehenge in the UK, and many others - are monuments constructed of massive stones. How the great pyramids of Egypt were built has been the subject of debate for a long time. The fact is, no one really knows for certain exactly how some of these megaliths were constructed. Some researchers think ancient cultures may have mastered levitation through sound which allowed them to easily manipulate massive objects. Unfortunately, anyone suggesting the use of this kind of technology is attacked and labeled a "pseudoscientist". Abul Hasan Ali Al-Masudi is known as the Herodotus of the Arabs. Like everyone, he was awestruck by the pyramids. He wrote a very intriguing passage about how the giant stone blocks were transported -- through levitation. The Great Pyramid of Giza does possess some extraordinary acoustic properties, and can dramatically amplify sounds at certain frequencies. The Egyptians clearly knew a lot about sound science. Let's explore the Coral Castle in Florida, built by Edward Leedskalnin, who cut, transported and sculpted over 1,000 tons of rock into a sprawling complex - alone, without heavy machinery. We'll visit The Temple of Jupiter at Baalbek in Lebanon which boasts the largest stones ever carved by human hands. Nan Madol is an archaeological site in Micronesia. It's been called the Machu Picchu of the Pacific. The engineering of Nan Madol is so complex, no one can figure out how it was built. Let's hear the story told by Dr. Jarl about Tibetan monks who lifted stones by chanting and playing instruments - which Jarl put on film. There is science behind all these stories, yet "mainstream" academia dismisses each and every one as pseudoscience. Why is it wrong to want to explore ancient knowledge that contradicts modern beliefs? Isn't this the exact purpose of science? I think so. Let's find out why.

MOUNT RUSHMORE. It's one of the most recognizable, and most visited landmarks in America. But Mount Rushmore has a secret. The sculpture, which famously depicts four former US Presidents as 60 foot granite faces, was constructed between 1927 and 1941 under the direction of architect Gutzon Borglum. Everybody knows that. But few people know about the secret project Borglum was working on as part of the monument. Over the next 16 years, Borglum wrestled with the federal government about funding and control of Mount Rushmore - which he never technically completed. Borglum wanted to carve the presidents down to their waists and chisel a description of the memorial next to them. But when it became clear there wasn't enough space for an inscription, he came up with a new idea. He envisioned a grand hall measuring 80-feet tall x 100-feet long, accessible via an 800-foot granite staircase, that would include busts of famous Americans, as well as bronze and glass cabinets containing historical documents like the Constitution, Bill of Rights and Declaration of Independence. A massive bronze eagle with a 38-foot wingspan would be mounted above the entrance, with the inscription reading The Hall of Records above the door. Borglum believed that future generations might find Mount Rushmore as much a mystery as Stonehenge or the Pyramids of Egypt. So he wanted to come up with a way to preserve its history and make sure the story behind the carving would never be forgotten. The vault was to be built just behind Abraham Lincoln's hairline and would contain all the information anyone would ever need about the mountain. Eventually funding had run out and the project was declared finished on October 31, 1941 Finally, in 1998, officials agreed to a scaled-back version of the idea. Today, sculpted into a series of porcelain enamel panels, is the story and history of Mount Rushmore; along with an explanation of why Washington, Jefferson, Roosevelt, and Lincoln were chosen. There are also panels sculpted with the text of the US Constitution, the Bill of Rights, the Declaration of Independence, and the Gettysburg Address. Park officials even included a biography of Borglum. They're all kept inside a titanium vault behind a giant, 1,200-pound granite slab. Now, even high-ranking officials are banned from seeing this hidden, and largely unknown, chamber. But its true intent was to serve as a historical record for future civilizations, so we can imagine that Borglum would be pleased to know his project was finally completed - and may one day do exactly as he intended. Let's find out why.