I had *so* promised myself I wouldn't read the 'Planet X' section any more! I was 99% certain it was crap by January of 2003 (only a fool would say 100% certain, since, well, it's foolish to be that certain...must leave a little room for reasonable doubt). But here I am. #-o
What I want to know is this: do *any* of the people who make remarks like "the moon is rising in the south" -or other such absurdities- *ever, ever* take five minutes and wander their happy posteriors outside and take a look with their own two eyes at the moon and/or its movement, or hell, just in the general direction of the sky?!
I like the 'Net and technology in general, but for cryin' out loud! How many hours of life are squandered by people reading, accepting and getting stressed out about things they read online that they could easily refute by peering out a window or making the journey outside? It's sad really.
Seems as I've gotten older I've adopted the outlook espoused by Canadian rockers Rush: "Show me, don't tell me." I like to be able to check things out for myself. If they hold water (in unison with mainstream positions or not), fine. If they don't, they get tossed into some equivalent of 'The WPB Circulatory File (trash)'.
Sorry. I realize this post (like many of mine, past and present) isn't the most scientific or astronomy-based, but this kind of thing (re: the moon) makes me nuts and must be gotten off my chest periodically, lest I run screaming into the night. Bottom line to those concerned about this or that they read online: check, double check and then do it all again -see for yourself whenever possible. We now return you to the regularly scheduled thread... 8-[

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