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2012 (is) for Dummies
Okay - please just let's all agree to end this frikkin' nonsense about the alignment of the Sun, the earth and the center of the galaxy once and for all - at least on this site. It's embarrassing.
I have created a simple (simplified) little chart that makes it clear that twice a year there is an alignment of the Earth, the Sun and the center of the Milky Way. Given the scale (around 25 thousand light year radius), variations in three dimensions are rendered moot.
The Earth has been around for about 4.5 billion years. The Earth, Sun and the center of the galaxy line up (see illustration) twice a year. This has happened 900 billion times!
So please frikkin' stop wasting your time thinking about it any longer.
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Permalink Reply by Skraeling on -
Don't be silly - the Sun, Moon and Galaxy all rotate about the Earth, which is fixed in place, possibly on a large immobile astro chelonian.
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Permalink Reply by Howard S. Dunn on -
The funny thing is (and it WOULD be a hell of a lot harder to draw) - even if you do the math that way, and think the Earth is 6000 years old, this has still happened twice a year. That means that it has happened 12,000 times.
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Permalink Reply by Objection on -
You can't prove that the Earth won't be destroyed in 2 years. You're too closed-minded.
I concur with Skraeling. Superstition-based pseudosciences are more believable than the gi-normous conspiracy that is science.
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Permalink Reply by Glenn Sogge on -
image stolen and reposted on FB
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Permalink Reply by Howard S. Dunn on
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Given freely. Hope it goes viral.
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Permalink Reply by Jim DePaulo on -
Couldn't agree more. How this bullshit story got any credibility is beyond me. The history channel jumped the shark with the 2012, Nostradamus, ghost hunter and biblical "archeology" bullshit. It ain't history it's nonsense.
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Permalink Reply by Howard S. Dunn on
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Yes - there was a minute when it when from the Hitler Channel to the History Channel to the Hysteria Channel. I really liked that middle part.
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Permalink Reply by Jim DePaulo on
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Hell, I would rather have the Hitler channel back, although, they have probably beat the stock footage to death. ....I do like Pawn Stars, however.
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Permalink Reply by Skraeling on
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This site is a doozy:-
http://www.2012unlocked.com/
Note the "omg, I must buy it quick!" tactics scattered throughout.
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Permalink Reply by Prog Rock Girl on -
Notice all the "quackophony"? ("I've checked out other crazy 2012 theories, but this one is for real")
If all that terrible stuff really were to happen, I'd rather not be alive.
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Permalink Reply by Jonny Marko on -
It's another excuse for people to get excited, make movies, and generally cash in on the hype. Not much different than Y2K, but at least Y2K actually had a believable theory backing it up.
I HIGHLY recommend everyone check out the 2012 episode from Season 7 of Penn & Teller's "Bullshit!", it's hilarious, the people they filmed who were supporting the 2012 doomsday theories (and promoting their books on it too, coincidence?) make themselves look so stupid...
Good diagram though, very clever and it makes sense, never thought of it that way.
Edit: And Skraeling, that site is hilarious. I have to make the assumption that that guy is simply smart enough to cash in on the millions of people who might buy into one or more of the many "theories" around 2012, by writing a bullshit book about it. Hell, I'd do it :D
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Permalink Reply by Skraeling on
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It looks as if it could be a "Survive The Nuclear Holocaust" re-written... if I could be arsed, I'd google the author, see if he ever did any other "survival" manuals pre-2012 hysteria.
Just change things like "Scenario for a nuke hitting Washington DC" with "Scenario for an asteroid hitting Washington DC".
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