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Terrifying new scientific discovery
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Terrifying new scientific discovery
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That's hardly terrifying, even wrapped up in journalistic hyperbole and seen through the eyes of an ignoramus.
Mildly interesting though.While you're waiting, read the free novel we sent you. It's a Spanish story about a guy named 'Manual.' -
As the sun builds towards solar maximum and a period of dangerous intensity never experienced by any living person inexorably approaches, strange, uncontrollable forces could be building deep within its fiery nuclear furnace.
It's already been proven that the sun's mass warps time, bends light waves and accounts for mutation of species on Earth. Now this new force may be directly interacting with matter in a way that could not only change Mankind's understanding of physics, but change Mankind itself…and not necessarily in a beneficial way.Science isn't about why, it's about why not. You ask: why is so much of our science dangerous? I say: why not marry safe science if you love it so much. In fact, why not invent a special safety door that won't hit you in the butt on the way out, because you are fired. - Cave JohnsonComment
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As the sun builds towards solar maximum and a period of dangerous intensity never experienced by any living person inexorably approaches, strange, uncontrollable forces could be building deep within its fiery nuclear furnace.Originally posted by gingerjedi View PostWell I'm terrified.While you're waiting, read the free novel we sent you. It's a Spanish story about a guy named 'Manual.'Comment
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Solar storm of 1859 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
On September 1–2, 1859, the largest recorded geomagnetic storm occurred. Aurorae were seen around the world, most notably over the Caribbean; also noteworthy were those over the Rocky Mountains that were so bright that their glow awoke gold miners, who began preparing breakfast because they thought it was morning.[4] According to professor Daniel Baker of the University of Colorado's Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, "people in the northeastern U.S. could read newspaper print just from the light of the aurora."[5]
Telegraph systems all over Europe and North America failed, in some cases even shocking telegraph operators.[6] Telegraph pylons threw sparks and telegraph paper spontaneously caught fire.[7] Some telegraph systems appeared to continue to send and receive messages despite having been disconnected from their power supplies.[8]While you're waiting, read the free novel we sent you. It's a Spanish story about a guy named 'Manual.'Comment
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Originally posted by doodab View PostQuite. Bear in mind that this phenomenon has been there since the year dot with no ill effects. In fact it's taken us until now to notice it. It's not the case that we are about to see "a period of dangerous intensity never experienced by any living person" either. The main difference is that now we have the internet so any crackpot can write this sort of alarmist drivel and scare people.
When it became possible to measure Ozone accurately, they discovered that there was a big hole over Antartica, and it was getting bigger. Scary.
There were only a few years of data but it was well known that CFC gasses destroy ozone. The biggest growing source of CFC gasses was human activity, noteably fridges.
So in order to save the planet, all the old fridges were scrapped and new , more expensive ones were designed.
It has since been shown that it was a natural cycle and nothing to do with human activity.
Of course the greenies dont like to talk about this any more, nor the thousands of poor people in hot countries that die because they cant afford a fridge any more.
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Originally posted by zeitghostWell they're not dying fast enough because there's over 7 billion of you hu-mans now.
I always wanted to sh@g Toyah Wilcox
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Doesn't worry me, I'm wearing my tinfoil hat.bloggoth
If everything isn't black and white, I say, 'Why the hell not?'
John Wayne (My guru, not to be confused with my beloved prophet Jeremy Clarkson)Comment
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