--- In [email protected], Bronte Baxter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Judy: > Well, to start with, I think I was confused as to > what you meant by "spinning." You mean spinning > *in place*, right? If so, isn't it the string it's > suspended by winding up and then unwinding that > causes the weight to stop spinning and change > direction? > > Bronte: > The analogy isn't perfect, and I'm certainly not convinced the earth will change rotation in 2012. It's just a theory. I came up with the analogy and experiment simply from observing that an object at the end of a string rotates, and the earth rotates. Certainly I'm not suggesting the earth is suspended on some string.
No, I know that. I'm just wondering what might play a role equivalent to that of the string. <snip> > Judy: > Also, I don't think there's any scientific evidence > that the earth's rotation has ever reversed itself > in the past. > > Bronte: > As I said before, there is evidence in ancient texts. I know > of no scientific evidence. Yebutt...the point is that if such a thing had ever happened, there *would* be some scientific evidence of it, not just stories in ancient texts.
