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Siberia
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Posted - 10/30/2005 :  12:54:58  Show Profile  Visit Siberia's Homepage  Send Siberia an AOL message  Send Siberia a Yahoo! Message Send Siberia a Private Message
According to these guys: http://bioresonant.com/news.htm
quote:
The real danger for our entire civilization comes not from slow climate changes, but from overheating the planetary interior.
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Ricky
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Posted - 10/30/2005 :  14:00:52   [Permalink]  Show Profile  Send Ricky an AOL message Send Ricky a Private Message
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...discovered that the solid nucleus of our planet is in principle a nuclear reactor, it is eccentric, and that our collective ignorance may cause it to overheat and explode.


It's funny because I see no where else on the page which says that we are causing (or will be causing) it to explode. And no where else does it say how to stop it.

The other weird thing is that no where on the page were they selling stuff or asking for donations.

Of course, then there was the whole "mass media consipracy" and an appeal to how Plato said that it has happened before.

The home page is pretty funny as well.
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ronnywhite
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Posted - 10/30/2005 :  18:42:36   [Permalink]  Show Profile Send ronnywhite a Private Message
This claim reminds me of another alleged (Y2K) "cataclysm" a few years ago, involving polar icecap melting/changes altering Earth's magnetic poles... author of book referred to a speculation by Einstein. Wanted to capitalize on Y2K hysteria and sell books, it appeared. These folks motives are less-clear, at least from a superficial glance.
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Hawks
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Posted - 10/30/2005 :  18:54:49   [Permalink]  Show Profile  Visit Hawks's Homepage Send Hawks a Private Message
Seems like an "elaborate" hoax to me. They refer to a journal called "NU journal of discovery". This is an online journal that was started in 2001 and has since had a massive four (4!!!!) papers published - all by Thomas Chalco.
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ronnywhite
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Posted - 10/30/2005 :  19:14:41   [Permalink]  Show Profile Send ronnywhite a Private Message
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Originally posted by Hawks
...a journal called "NU journal of discovery"....


Wow, talk about scientific credibility... I guess I can stop sweating now. A zillion questions came to mind, anyway. What, exactly, is moderating this "nuclear reaction," why is it changing, and how does he know? What's containing it (otherwise we'd have radioactive lava, it seems)? If there is something containing it, why aren't we seeing the predictable radionucleides from neutron bombardment in lava rock, and why aren't they changing over time (I mean, the "pile" has to be depleting)? Why is it "getting ready to blow" instead of cooling off? I know about "resonance" but don't see how it fits in here. Wait, rock won't contain it, iron won't work, but maybe... nah, still, nevermind.
Ron White
Edited by - ronnywhite on 10/30/2005 19:20:41
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