Chinese Sinkholes Linked to 2012
June 15, 2010
As reported by the Telegraph, the recent sinkhole that opened up in Guatemala has got people in China worried – and the 2012 movie that was a big hit in China could be to blame. Social comments included the following:
“Closer and closer to 2012” warned one commenter on the Netease platform. “Will what was the ocean become land and what is now land become the ocean?,” asked another. “Do aliens come out of these holes?,” questioned a third.
On and on the comments go: “God is very angry with earthlings polluting behavior and has decided to punish earthlings,” said a fourth, and “Let’s organize ourselves and quickly go to Tibet to find the ark,” enjoins a fifth.
Or my favourite, (can you hear the panic rising?), “Why are the holes so round? Even humans can’t make it this round. Why is there such frequency and intensity? Why aren’t there any reasonable explanations?”
The Telegraph has more on this story, and more sinkhole pictures from China.
Another NASA Expert Debunks 2012
June 1, 2010
It isn’t hard to debunk 2012 – there is no scientific evidence that anything bad will happen. However, if you visit a psychic and he/she tells you a double-decker bus will knock you down next week, would you avoid such buses, even though the evidence that it will really happen is lacking?
And given all the disinformation and plain made-up stories about 2012 out there, it is easy to pick on those easier to discredit – such as Nibiru and the “galactic alignment”. A recently released video has Dr. David Morrison from the NASA Lunar Science Institute (Ph.D. in astronomy) debunking the entire 2012 meme. Given that he is an expert on defending our planet from asteroids and comets, it is interesting that this 2012 possibility is not covered…
The video is entertaining, and promotions for the 2012 movie receive appropriate chuckles from the academic (?) audience.
Enjoy:
