Watermark

[Khas 12,158]

Last year, I had bought a book called "Watermark", which, on the back, claimed to speak of an event 12,000 years ago that shell-shocked the human race and nearly drove it to extinction. It claimed that the author was a respected scientist. So I bought it. Hoo boy, was I in for a roller coaster of loonyness that would make even Jason say "What is this I don't even".

 

 

 

The book (which was written in 2004, mind you) claims that until 12,000 years ago, all the planets had perfectly circular orbits, moons were few, there were no asteroids or comets in the solar system, the gas giants had no rings, and all the planets were tilted 0 degrees, so that North was up and South was down. Then the star Vela (which is actually a constellation by the way), exploded, and one of it's planets was sent at ten per cent c into our solar system, where it passed by the 10th planet (remember, Pluto wasn't demoted until 2006), and when the two planets passed by each other, a huge lightning bolt passed between them, and blew both of them up. The debris was sent flying through the Solar system, where it became the rings of the gas giants, most of the moons, and the asteroids and comets. But wait, there's more.

 

 

 

One piece, according to the book, was so large, that when it passed by Earth, it sent Earth into a barrell roll, so that North was facing down and South was facing up. This caused all the water to rush to the North Pole, where it formed one big sea, and exposed most of the sea floor. Then, when Earth righted itself, the water flowed back down, and filled the oceans again. Oh, and all this was supposed to have happened only 12,000 years ago.

 

 

 

And this is just within the first few chapters. I couldn't finish the book because of how insane it was.

[enigma 521]

Last year, I had bought a book called "Watermark", which, on the back, claimed to speak of an event 12,000 years ago that shell-shocked the human race and nearly drove it to extinction. It claimed that the author was a respected scientist. So I bought it. Hoo boy, was I in for a roller coaster of loonyness that would make even Jason say "What is this I don't even".

 

 

 

The book (which was written in 2004, mind you) claims that until 12,000 years ago, all the planets had perfectly circular orbits, moons were few, there were no asteroids or comets in the solar system, the gas giants had no rings, and all the planets were tilted 0 degrees, so that North was up and South was down. Then the star Vela (which is actually a constellation by the way), exploded, and one of it's planets was sent at ten per cent c into our solar system, where it passed by the 10th planet (remember, Pluto wasn't demoted until 2006), and when the two planets passed by each other, a huge lightning bolt passed between them, and blew both of them up. The debris was sent flying through the Solar system, where it became the rings of the gas giants, most of the moons, and the asteroids and comets. But wait, there's more.

 

 

 

One piece, according to the book, was so large, that when it passed by Earth, it sent Earth into a barrel roll, so that North was facing down and South was facing up. This caused all the water to rush to the North Pole, where it formed one big sea, and exposed most of the sea floor. Then, when Earth righted itself, the water flowed back down, and filled the oceans again. Oh, and all this was supposed to have happened only 12,000 years ago.

 

 

 

And this is just within the first few chapters. I couldn't finish the book because of how insane it was.

 

 

 

But that guy could write coherent sentences and have decent spelling and grammar, correct?

 

 

 

Something Jason lacks.

[Praeothmin 532]

But that guy could write coherent sentences and have decent spelling and grammar, correct?

 

 

 

Something Jason lacks.

 

 

 

Coherent sentences and decent spelling, an valid argument does not make, hhhmmm?

[enigma 521]

Coherent sentences and decent spelling, an valid argument does not make, hhhmmm?

 

 

 

It does because it means that the person at least can think and there is at least a possibility to reason with such person.

 

 

 

Something that cannot happen with Jason.