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Originally Posted by ngcles
Hi All,
If this wasn't so seriously awful, you'd think it a joke. Make sure you have a handful of stematil on hand when you read it. Can't imagine Brad Carter is too impressed having his name associated with such drivel. They even managed to get a mention for 2012 in there.
http://www.news.com.au/technology/sc...-1225991009247
The comparison with Tatooine's "twin-suns" is mind-blowingly bad. Little wonder the level of scientific literacy among the general population is so poor considering they have to read this rot.
"Betelgeuse ... the second biggest star in the Universe". Gosh !
"Yet it's not just a figment of George Lucas's imagination - twin suns are real. And here's the big news - they could be coming to Earth." You're kidding right?
Will someone please take the "author" of this crapology out-back and hit her very hard (and repeatedly) over the back of the head with a cricket bat until she promises to stop.
Rant over ... for now! Really, quite cranky ...
Best,
Les D |
wow, the title already made me dry heave
I like this bit:
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The infamous red super-giant star in Orion’s nebula - Betelgeuse - is predicted to go gangbusters and the impending super-nova may reach Earth before 2012, and when it does, all of our wildest Star Wars dreams will come true."
And then we have idiots like this that somehow made it through the gene pool teaching at universities , apparently...
"When that happens, we'll get our second sun, according to Dr Brad Carter, Senior Lecturer of Physics at the University of Southern Queensland."
Is this supposed Physics Lecturer for real?
Can't help but laugh my head off and be disgusted at the same time