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Abstract
The tenor of the times is rife with suspicion at every turn.  With richly embroidered theories of dastardly conspiracies, the popular press and blogosphere are awash with rumors, innuendo, internecine plots, and nefarious scenarios circling around the gold industry that are reminiscent of the firestorm of thus far unproven conjectures about the Titanic, the JFK assassination, and 9/11.  In this casual essay, a comparison is made between the epic maritime disaster in 1912 to the recent worries voiced by so many potential investors and ordinary citizens about manipulation of the gold and currency markets.  The sobering conclusion is that bad things often happen without any tinge of conspiracy, whenever events and financial structures conspire to cause mayhem.  Humankind must always be alert to the possibility of an unscripted chain of causality that can deliver a serious blow to any system or technology designed by imperfect mortals.   Continue reading →