>Anybody read this book? > >Pretty convincing if you ask me and, if I understand him correct, the >next end of civilization is predicted to be Dec 23rd, 2012.
People have been "scientifically" predicting the end of the world to the day for centuries... we're still around. >If you read the book, it's not some mumbo-jumbo, but due to >gravitational influences that will cause a crust shift in the Earth >(as predicted by Einstein in 1953). That sounds like Mumbo Jumbo to me. ;^) And let's not slur Einstein: he didn't "predict" this (and even if he did he would never do it to the DAY!) In fact all he did was passingly agree with another scientist that his theory "impressive" and seemed (to him) correct. No predictions were made and this wasn't Einstein's theory (or indeed even his field of study!) Einstein was a scientist and this was 1953. Most modern understanding of the Earth's crust came later (Plate Techtonics didn't become widely accepted until the mid 1960's). Einstein was (as are all scientists) often wrong and he changed his mind based on new evidence - taking a quote from him out of time and applying it to modern understanding is doing him a disservice. The theory of crustal displacement has not stood the test of time. It's been falsified by modern data collection. In any case, even it were still an open debate the idea that it could ever be predicted to the exact day and year is pretty peposterous. The specificity of the prediction alone sets my bullshit detector clanging. Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJQ Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:236408 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
