Nostradamus was someone who was intelligent enough to see how dumb humans can be.
If you make a whole lot of VERY VAGUE prediction, some of the are bound to be linked to important events somewhere in the distant and far future. Seriously, this is how he predicted 9/11:
"Volcanic fire from the centre of the earth
will cause trembling around the new city:
Two great rocks will make war for a long time.
Then Arethusa will redden a new river."
OH YEAH, THAT MAKES SENSE.
The problem is, there are A LOT of mistranslations, and even more misinterpretation (people claiming the text mentions aeroplanes and such)
Seriously, people will do anything to cultivate their fears, it's like we want to be afraid. The terrorist threat is existent, but the media's not only blowing it way out of proportion, politicians are also abusing it to make up for their lack of other significant stuff on their political agenda. If we'd all maybe try to be rational for even a second, what a world it would be...
So I'm saying, use your brain for once, people, seriously, a bit of critique doesn't hurt, like, at all.