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Old 03-April-2008, 11:08 AM
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Originally Posted by Myopia18 View Post
Please don't be sarcastic with your answers as I am worried about this. It would help if you provide proof. Thanks.
in a different thread.

It's not sarcasm, it pedantry. People will die in 2012, and before, and after. Planet X will have nothing to do with any of it. There is no reason to be worried about this, because if it were out there, it could be seen by now. Probably naked eye.

As for proof, how could it be proven? Is there a way to "prove" that the helicopter from the hospital across the street won't fall out of the sky and through my roof next Thursday around lunch? Nope.

The only thing that we can do to "prove" it won't happen is provide evidence that the existence of the thing is so remote as to be a fantasy. Think of it in the same light as heading to the airport tomorrow and catching a dragon to Mars. You cant say for sure that it won't happen, but I'd be willing to bet a kidney that it doesn't. And if Planet X does show up in 2012 and destroys the Earth, that kidney is all yours.
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