Ok, buckle up, this is a bit of a ride. And before anyone says it, I know. I know most people will call this too absurd to be real. I would say the same thing. It's real. I can't prove it, but I also don't care that much if you don't believe me. It happened and I need to talk about it.
So I work at a kind of call center. Its AI training (I know, I know, but at least I'm getting paid for my data rather than them stealing it whole cloth). One of the jobs I do is simple. You just talk to another person over voice chat about a topic you both agree on that you can converse about for 15 minutes. easy peasy. Most of these calls are wonderful. This one got to me.
The topic was something like "something you bring with you everywhere." Her thing was….crystals. In my head I'm going "ugh. great. ok, just be polite." I've met tons of people who believe in the power of crystals, its fine. whatever. If it helps people feel better and live a happier life, it isn't hurting me, so live and let live. But then she started to REALLY unload.
(paraphrasing) "I have crystals for everything. I have about 30 I bring everywhere. This one is good for anxiety, this one is good for bringing luck, this one is good for amplifying wealth…." [note: I'm pretty sure her comment about crystals curing anxiety got her in a lot of trouble. that's a major safety red flag as she's providing medical advice not backed up by any science at all)
I was cordial enough, though. "Ok. Didn't expect that. I don't personally know a lot about crystals, but I do know several people who bring them around with them and feel better having them nearby. I knew a person who would put it by her register hoping it would bring nicer customers and more tips. she swore it worked."
She got real excited to prove it now… "They do work! all crystals give off a frequency. That's why the best timepieces use crystals. Cell phones wouldn't work without crystals. The crystals are what powers them and makes them possible, not the batteries."
"mmmm I think I need to push back on that a bit. you're talking about resonant frequency. quartz has a very specific resonance that timepieces use to keep accurate time, but its driven by electricity."
"no, the crystals are why they work. If you look back to like…have you heard of Atlantis?"
"yes. the lost city of atlantis."
"yeah, atlantis had tech way beyond our own. They had mastered crystals and the power they provide. They were able to harness that power somehow to literally move giant rocks with psychic power." She said this EARNESTLY. she was not just messing around. remember, this is our work. [That's why the photo is relevant. She was treating the CARTOON MOVIE Atlantis: The Lost Empire AS A DOCUMENTARY]
"umm. I don't know if…"
"and the pyramids. we still have no idea how they built them or moved those huge stones. They have minerals and crystal deposits from all over the world. There's a lot of evidence that they used the Atlantis tech to build them."
"ok, I'm gonna push back again. We actually do know how they moved them. We have a written account from someone who was there that tells us exactly how they did it. They dug canals and basically floated the stones right up to the building site. We discovered that like 10 years ago. We have it."
"mmmm I'm gonna have to look into that. that sounds pretty unrealistic."
"yeah, you should."
"There's so much stuff like that, though. lost knowledge. Its like that idea that we don't actually build most things, we just inherit them. We may restore things, or tend to them, but we don't build things anymore because we don't know how."
"I'm not sure what you mean."
"Like the big cathedrals in ancient cities that are still standing. Their hundreds or thousands of years old. They're so intricate and they have beautiful stained glass. We don't know how they built them, and we don't even know how to build them now."
"wait…yes we do? We still build cathedrals, just not very often. and I personally know several stained glass artists."
"no. I don't believe that. If we knew how to build them, why don't we? They're so much more beautiful and they last for centuries. wouldn't it make sense to build those if we could instead of the junk we build now that falls down in 50 years?"
"no, it wouldn't. Are you saying we don't know how the pyramids were built, because if we did then we would be building them now?"
"yes! exactly! now you see right? If we knew how to build them, why don't we do that anymore? they last for thousands of years, so you'd think we'd be building them all the time."
"I don't… ummm… no, I'm sorry that's just not true. We do know how to build pyramids and cathedrals. people have done it recently. We just don't do it a lot because there isn't really a demand for it. Also times change. Styles change. Art changes. it happens constantly. Old gothic cathedrals aren't the style anymore. We have really wild, confusing architecture now that's way way more complicated than a pyramid or cathedral. It may not be as pretty, but that's what people want. so that's what people build."
"but it's all junk. Why are they building it out of glass and plastic then? we know stone is amazing."
"well…steel is amazing. but building materials are different and techniques are different around the globe for LOADS of reasons. natural disasters, availability, demand, etc."
"I don't think that's true."
Time's up.
This is a real person. This is a real human being in the US who believes these things with their whole being.
by ryanvango