 Based on Latham's interview with Niemand, what might a listener be able to predict?
DISTURBING SUN By PHILIP LATHAM Illustrated by Freas [Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from Astounding Science Fiction May 1959. This, be it understood, is fiction—nothing but fiction—and not, under any circumstances, to be considered as having any truth whatever to it. An interview with Dr. I. M. Niemand, Director of the Psychophysical Institute of Solar and Terrestrial Relations, Camarillo, California. In the closing days of December, 1957, at the meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in New York, Dr. Niemand delivered a paper entitled simply, "On the Nature of the Solar S-Regions." Owing to its unassuming title the startling implications contained in the paper were completely overlooked by the press. These implications are discussed here in an exclusive interview with Dr. Niemand by Philip Latham. I suppose you might say my main job today is to find out all I can between activity on the Sun and various forms of activity on the Earth. What do you mean by activity on the Sun? NIEMAND. Well, a sunspot is a form of solar activity. Just what is a sunspot? I'm afraid I can't say just what a sunspot is. Isn't it true that the number of spots on the Sun rises and falls in a cycle of eleven years? In what way? NIEMAND. It means you can only approximately predict the future course of sunspot activity. Haven't there been a great many correlations announced between sunspots and various effects on the Earth? There is unquestionably a correlation between sunspots and disturbances of the Earth's magnetic field ... radio fade-outs ... auroras ... Now, Dr. Niemand, I understand that you have been investigating solar and terrestrial relationships along rather unorthodox lines. I think our biggest advance was the discovery that sunspots themselves are not the direct cause of the disturbances we have been studying on the Earth. In the solar case it turned out to be these S-Regions. You say an S-Region is invisible? It is extremely doubtful, however, if the radiation we detect is the actual cause of the disturbing effects observed. Yet strangely enough it's hard to describe them in exact terms. In the Sun? NIEMAND. Philosophers have wrestled with it ever since the days of Job. Well, disputes over boundaries ... economic rivalry ... border incidents.... NIEMAND. The truth of the matter is that men go to war because they want to go to war. Such a syndrome is characteristic of menopausal women and some men during the climacteric, but these people failed to fit into this picture.
 In the future, there will be an increase in the frequency and intensity of brutal disturbances on Earth
 In the future, there will be an increase in the frequency and intensity of brutal disturbances on Earth  There is not much time left before humans will destroy the planet as a result of their infighting  In the future, the frequency and intensity of brutal disturbances on Earth will plateau  In the future, there will be a decrease in the frequency and intensity of brutal disturbances on Earth