The famous French philosopher and astrologer Michel de Nostradame wrote a book called The Prophet in 1555, which made thousands of predictions about the future of mankind, and many of which had even become reality, including the Kennedy assassination and the 9/11 attack.
According to the British "Daily Star" reported on December 26, the Frenchman born in 1503 wrote 932 quatrains in the "Prophet" published more than 450 years ago, and he also hinted at many events that will happen in 2022, including asteroid impact on the earth, famine and global warming.
The first is the threat from asteroids hitting Earth, whether it's a small meteor shower or a catastrophic extinction event, and the astrologer mentions that "the fire I see will fall from the sky."
That's the same as his forecast for a solar storm in 2021. Last year, asteroid 2021GW4 did rub shoulders with Earth.
However, the 16-foot-diameter asteroid didn't pose much of a threat to Earth in the end, though, as it likely split into small debris after hitting Earth's atmosphere.
Nostradamus also saw inflation and global famine, but he predicted inflation as the cause of famine and warned that "there is a recession, but prices are rising."
The prophet wrote in the book, "There is no abbot, no monk, no novice to learn", "honey is much more expensive than candles", "the price of wheat has risen so high", "The man is agitated", "His countrymen eat in despair".
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"The full moon is above the mountains", "The new wise man, a lonely brain sees it", "Eyes facing south." Hands in arms, body in fire "...
Nostradamus's writings tell us that the "new sage" of AI technology will rise, that humanity will be "invited to be immortal", and that it will end with "corpse in fire".
Although technology continues to evolve year after year, artificial intelligence is a major achievement of technological progress. But it's worth noting that fears that AI will take power from humans, many experts have warned of the consequences of humans' over-reliance on technology, especially when it comes to robotics.
In addition, Nostradamus also predicted that france could suffer a football disaster at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, and they could be defeated by teams wearing white team uniforms.
Global warming may not be surprising when considering the climate in recent years, but rising ocean temperatures were also predicted by the philosopher as early as the 16th century.
In the text, he said, "Like the sun, the ocean will burn and shine," "The live fish of the Black Sea are about to boil," "When Rhode Island and Genoa," "Half hungry," "It's hard for the locals to cut them off."
While it's unlikely that fish will boil in the Black Sea, we do see many species in the world go extinct. So, will more wildlife really disappear from the planet forever in 2022?
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