THEIR COCKAMAMIE PREDICTIONS (May 14, 2020)

Wherever one goes on the World Wide Web, one finds untold predictions about the future following the pandemic by all manner of experts. Here there are medical doctors, there economists, and over yonder information technologists. Their predictions go in every which direction. The wilder, the merrier. And they are far from agreeing with one another on anything of any importance. But it is quite obvious that all they wish to achieve with their cockamamie predictions is to grab the attention of billions stuck in quarantine. They are currying favor with the bustling media, that is. No matter their expertise, they want to be remembered for their mindboggling erudition. As well as bluster. What will actually happen after the pandemic is none of their business, anyway. They are after fame and fortune, and a few other rewards of the same ilk. Which is why not a single one among the countless experts on show is willing and able to shrug his or her shoulders, raise their eyebrows, and admit in just a few words that the future is way too murky at this juncture to make any predictions whatsoever, let alone clear-cut ones. And that would be the one and only sign that they indeed know what they are talking about for those few and far between who are aware of the palpable limits of human intelligence.