Zen_Tom You link to a very interesting web page (
http://www.levity.com/eschaton/twzdemo.html).
But why does it show that we are insignificant? Events in our history resonate with events in galactic history. Maybe the Timewave is human-centric, but this does not make us worthless. If it is universal, would it not be natural to assume that events around the universe also resonate with the same pattern, that there is synchronicity? Neither of these objections you bring up challenge the validity of the timewave.
A personal view, that perhaps superiorrain and potifar might be able to elaborate on, is about the human-centricity of all this. A lot of statistics about our universe suggests that, if there were extra-terrestrial life out there, we'd have noticed by now. But these statistics assume a basically three-dimensional physical universe, with a fourth time dimension. But if, as modern physics almost demands, there are many more dimensions to the universe, then this allows us to look more closely at evidence that there is something else out there that is usually discounted. Sod the SETI project, if there are multiple dimensions, then there could be creatures / consciousnesses that are more aware of them than we are. Maybe they are able to communicate with us on a level we're barely aware of (telepathy / ESP, psychedelic / spiritual visions etc. even god-damn crop circles).
It's thoughts such as these that leads me to think 2. and 3. are likely to happen. Our civilisation and our minds are leading more and more towards the realisation that there is more to the universe than we previously thought. Our scriptures have told us this all along but we were unable to understand. Now science is catching up with the scriptures at an alarming and accelerating rate. The change is upon us (dum dum DUUUUUMMMMM)
I'm rambling so much... I hope I can leave this till tomorrow and not find that the thread has further dissolved into ridiculousness.
It's one thing to not be agreed with, but to be ridiculed by comparison with things like the TimeCube is a bit harsh I think.