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Nibiru BLACKOUT: Fears Planet X could knock out power worldwide
Nibiru PROOF: Footage sparks claims Planet X spotted over UK
Governments 'ALREADY preparing for Planet X apocalypse'
Could the end of the world come TODAY? Mysterious planet Nibiru 'set to wipe out all life with apocalyptic earthquakes'
Nibiru Apocalypse Upon Us Again—Here's How Yellowstone, Nuclear War and Asteroids Could Actually End the World
NASA scientist David Morrison has taken the time to debunk Nibiru... repeatedly (archive):
"I assumed that Nibiru was the sort of Internet rumor that would quickly pass," Morrison wrote in 2008, after his "Ask an Astrobiologist" website had become inundated with predictions that Nibiru was going to cross paths with Earth in 2012. "I now receive at least one question per day, ranging from anguished ('I can't sleep; I am really scared; I don't want to die') to the abusive ('Why are you lying; you are putting my family at risk; if NASA denies it then it must be true.')" he wrote.
Morrison laid out a detailed explanation, which he would repeat in years to come: There is no evidence that Nibiru exists; if it did exist, it would have screwed up the outer planets' orbits long ago; and people have predicted its arrival before and been wrong.
But to no avail:
"I got a note from a 12-year-old girl. She said she and her classmates were scared," he said in a 2011 video. "The simplest thing to say is there is no evidence whatsoever for the existence of Nibiru."
[...] Nibiru theories have by now become so abundant that if you spend long enough on YouTube or PlanetXNews.com you can find an apocalypse scheduled for just about any given day of the week.
And that's why Morrison was on the SETI podcast this week, distracted from his science once again to talk about a world that never stops failing to end. "I got a phone call the other day," Morrison said. "The world was supposed to end Saturday. The man asked, 'Should I ought to work on Saturday, or stay home with my family?' "
He didn't say how he answered. At this point, does it even matter?
Even politicians have taken notice. Just give up?
(Score: 5, Touché) by Kromagv0 on Monday November 20 2017, @03:00PM (6 children)
Well the guy said his name was Jesus, he had a big black mustache, was wearing a sombrero, and was also telling me stories of his childhood in Guadalajara so I had no reason to doubt him. By the way Jesus makes some awesome tacos.
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(Score: 1) by anubi on Monday November 20 2017, @11:24PM (3 children)
Imagine being named Jesus, and showing up at church.
I can only imagine what that guy is going through.
"Prove all things; hold fast that which is good." [KJV: I Thessalonians 5:21]
(Score: 2) by maxwell demon on Tuesday November 21 2017, @05:33AM (2 children)
That name is actually not that uncommon. According to this site, [scpr.org] in 2012 it was among the 100 most popular baby names for boys in California (rank 42, with 1109 boys of that name born that year).
The Tao of math: The numbers you can count are not the real numbers.
(Score: 1) by anubi on Tuesday November 21 2017, @05:51AM (1 child)
I am in Southern California. I know two guys ( of Mexican ancestry ) named "Jesus".
Kinda unusual it comes up this way, but Jesus sat in the next table to me at Del Taco yesterday. No, not that Jesus. One of the other ones.
But I can truthfully say I had lunch with Jesus.
I guess if I was a prosperity televangelist, I could monetize my experience.
I only imagine what these guys go through. Especially growing up. As far as I am concerned, I would permanently retire that name.
"Prove all things; hold fast that which is good." [KJV: I Thessalonians 5:21]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 21 2017, @08:16AM
No, if he sat at the next table to you, you can't. Now if he had been sitting at the same table as you, you could.
(Score: 2) by Gaaark on Tuesday November 21 2017, @12:00AM (1 child)
But does it tickle when he licks you?
--- Please remind me if I haven't been civil to you: I'm channeling MDC. ---Gaaark 2.0 ---
(Score: 2) by Kromagv0 on Tuesday November 21 2017, @06:12PM
Only when it is my ass hole
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