Thursday, October 12, 2006

These guys better watch out ...

... Study Links Extinction Cycles to Changes in Earth’s Orbit and Tilt .

Reminds one a bit of Emmanuel Velikovsky.

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  1. Anonymous4:46 PM

    This made me smile. Velikovsky was one of my mother's top five all time iconic authors--- totally revered (alongside Darwin, Jung and, in her later life, Stalin). I felt quite sad in a sweet kind of way, when I grew up to be a scientist and realised that V. was regarded as something of a crackpot.

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  2. Anonymous4:47 PM

    PS. Just remembered another one -- Colette.

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  3. I read a sci fi book in high school that talked about this as its premise. "The HAB Theory" by Allen Eckert. I googled it to see if it was still in print and lo and behold, found a website devoted to it!

    It's been *many* years since I read it, but i still remember how chilling a book it was.

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  4. Well, I guess I won't have to worry about it happening in my lifetime...or anyone else's that I know...LOL!

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