[meteorite-list] Even More stupid media use of meteorites

From: lebofsky at lpl.arizona.edu <lebofsky_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2009 05:40:07 -0700 (MST)
Message-ID: <86f5f1daae3bda395a7d81c618f47dec.squirrel_at_webmail.lpl.arizona.edu>

Hi All:

If they had only spent a tenth of their budget in this on getting science
facts correct as they spent on this "stuff" in general...

How many people are going to believe this stuff?

If I read this site correctly, the Sun will be in the center of the
galaxy? If that were true, we would have a lot more to worry about than
planet x (like being pulled into a black hole).

Larry Lebofsky

wasting my time teaching real science to teachers and kids on a lot
smaller budget

>
> Darren wrote:
> " http://www.traileraddict.com/trailer/2012/trailer "
>
> For even more hype, disaster movie "2012" also has a faux scientific
> website at:
>
> http://www.instituteforhumancontinuity.org/
>
> It is the "home" of a entirely fictitious "The Institute for Human
> Continuity". The website
> has a fictional lottery to select those who will be saved when 94 percent
> of the world is
> destroyed as a result of a fictional Earth Crustal Displacement. I guess
> nobody ever went
> broke underestimating the gullibility of the American public.
>
> In addition, ABC will have mini-series called "Impact" will be broadcast
> on June 21. It
> is about a giant meteor storm that hits the Moon increasing it mass to the
> point that it
> becomes twice that of Earth and threatens to fall on Earth. It is
> discussed in "If I watch
> this I hope the Moon *will* hit the Earth" on the "Bad Astronomy" web page
> at:
>
> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/06/15/if-i-watch-this-i-hope-the-moon-will-hit-the-earth/
>
> Best Regards
>
> Paul H.
>
>
>
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