Hi All: If they had only spent a tenth of their budget in this on getting science facts correct as they spent on this "stuff" in general...
How many people are going to believe this stuff? If I read this site correctly, the Sun will be in the center of the galaxy? If that were true, we would have a lot more to worry about than planet x (like being pulled into a black hole). Larry Lebofsky wasting my time teaching real science to teachers and kids on a lot smaller budget > > Darren wrote: > " http://www.traileraddict.com/trailer/2012/trailer " > > For even more hype, disaster movie "2012" also has a faux scientific > website at: > > http://www.instituteforhumancontinuity.org/ > > It is the "home" of a entirely fictitious "The Institute for Human > Continuity". The website > has a fictional lottery to select those who will be saved when 94 percent > of the world is > destroyed as a result of a fictional Earth Crustal Displacement. I guess > nobody ever went > broke underestimating the gullibility of the American public. > > In addition, ABC will have mini-series called "Impact" will be broadcast > on June 21. It > is about a giant meteor storm that hits the Moon increasing it mass to the > point that it > becomes twice that of Earth and threatens to fall on Earth. It is > discussed in "If I watch > this I hope the Moon *will* hit the Earth" on the "Bad Astronomy" web page > at: > > http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/06/15/if-i-watch-this-i-hope-the-moon-will-hit-the-earth/ > > Best Regards > > Paul H. > > > > ______________________________________________ > http://www.meteoritecentral.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
