Extinction

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tomtomagain replied

13 October 2015, 11:42
Originally posted by NotAllThere View Post

You are the MESSIAH!

Well I like to think so.

My brother-in-law is a tabloid journalist for one of the red-tops. Every week they get letters from the same group of obsessive nutters and pseudo-scientists predicting plane crashes, train crashes, earthquakes and so on.

When some unfortunate event occurs they simply print the latest later as an "accurate" prediction.
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LondonManc replied

13 October 2015, 11:41
Up there with "ooh, there are five Saturdays in October this year. It hasn't happened for 635 years. The Chinese know it as blah blah blah... It can't hurt to share it"

It happened in 2011, now get off my timeline you cretin or it can hurt to share it.
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EternalOptimist replied

13 October 2015, 11:40
Thing is, its an interesting idea. The planets all pulling in harness, causing earthquakes.
The problem though is that there are fifty steps between an interesting idea and making predictions.

He has leaped over the sciency bit and gone straight for the predictions. Which is a bit w@nky if you were to ask my opinion
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NotAllThere replied

13 October 2015, 11:36
Originally posted by tomtomagain View Post

Predicting things that happen frequently is hardly science.

I predict it will rain somewhere in the UK within the next 48 hours.

You are the MESSIAH!

Originally posted by meridian View Post

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Bit of a side note, we've now stopped calling it "Ur-anus" (phnarr phnarr) and are now calling it "Uran-us"? When I mentioned that to my 8 year old he still said "ha ha, you said urine!"

Ah - he's just taking the piss.
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meridian replied

13 October 2015, 11:14
Originally posted by raphal View Post

He gives a reasonable explanation here

No, no he doesn't. He dresses up random coincidence and pseudo science as something science-like.

If his hypothesis is that Uranus has any influence on earthquakes, then he needs to do far more than cherry pick a couple of instances and then extrapolate a conclusion.

Bit of a side note, we've now stopped calling it "Ur-anus" (phnarr phnarr) and are now calling it "Uran-us"? When I mentioned that to my 8 year old he still said "ha ha, you said urine!"
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NickFitz replied

13 October 2015, 10:55
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Dallas replied

13 October 2015, 10:45
Internet full of this at the min, if the earthquake doesn't get you the Jesuit reptilians will ....
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tomtomagain replied

13 October 2015, 10:10
Predicting things that happen frequently is hardly science.

I predict it will rain somewhere in the UK within the next 48 hours.
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NickFitz replied

13 October 2015, 10:09
Pondy's mate?
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raphal started a topic Extinction

13 October 2015, 10:05
Extinction

Public warned to be on red alert for 'devastating EARTHQUAKE strike within 48 hours' | Science | News | Daily Express

He gives a reasonable explanation here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXiH9_S1x-A
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