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Posted by: michaelm (not logged in) ( )
Date: January 23, 2013 11:47PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7q_zygRlb8

Do it enough and you might slow the earth by 1 second every 18 months:)

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Posted by: michaelm (not logged in) ( )
Date: January 24, 2013 08:31AM

Homeless, the earth will not stop rotating within a few millennia.

http://www.usno.navy.mil/USNO/tours-events/2012_Leap_Second%20Press%20Release%20-%20120120.pdf
"Confusion sometimes arises over the misconception that the occasional insertion of leap seconds every few years indicates that the Earth should stop rotating within a few millennia. This is because some mistake leap seconds to be a measure of the rate at which the Earth is slowing. The one-second increments are, however, indications of the accumulated difference in time between the two systems."

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Posted by: Finally Free! ( )
Date: January 24, 2013 09:01AM

Sorry michaelm, I seriously doubt he'll ever reply to you. The points you bring up simply make no sense to him and so he has no choice but to completely ignore them. Cognitive dissonance is strong with this one. If it doesn't fit in his world view and if he can't figure out a way to massively misrepresent science to fit his world view it simply does not exist.

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Posted by: Mnemonic ( )
Date: January 24, 2013 10:06AM

The problem with Homeless is that he takes correct pieces of information (facts) but lacks the context to understand what those facts really mean. He then extrapolates wild ideas from these disconnected facts and then thinks that he is correct and everyone else is wrong.

There is no point in trying to explain to him why he is wrong because he lacks the foundation onto which a true understanding could be built.

HOMELESS (or should I call you hopeless), writings on scientific principles are about the most correct writings you will ever find. Articles are reviewed by peers in the field both before and after they are published. The subjects of the articles are examined and debated and tested and retested. Any mistakes are found and corrected. The scientific method is used because it works at providing testable and verifiable answers. If the ideas make no sense to you it is because YOU lack the ability to understand them, not because they are wrong. Think about that the next time someone tries to explain why your next post is drawing the wrong conclusions from your facts.

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Posted by: michaelm (not logged in) ( )
Date: January 24, 2013 08:47PM


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