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Old 3rd September 2014, 06:37 AM   #2724
Craig B
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Originally Posted by Cuddles View Post
... From time to time you see someone declare how stupid they were to believe in an electric universe when clearly expanding hollow Earth is the correct belief, but I don't think I've ever seen someone go from believing in an electric universe to actually accepting real physics.
If I wanted to be naughty I'd cite John Gribbin and The Jupiter Effect.
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In April 1982, Gribbin and Plagemann published a lesser-selling book, The Jupiter Effect Reconsidered. In it they theorized that the effect had actually taken place in 1980, despite the lack of planetary alignment then, and that had triggered the volcanic eruption of Mount St. Helens.
In his book, The Little Book of Science (pub. 1999), Dr. Gribbin admitted about his "Jupiter Effect" theory "...I don't like it, and I'm sorry I ever had anything to do with it."
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jupiter_Effect
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