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Originally posted by revmoofoo
reply to post by cluckerspud
Dude! Sitchin hasn't even been dead for a year yet and you're bashing him? A little respect for the dead goes a long way.
Nuff said.
Rev
Originally posted by stereologist
Sitchin has been bashed for years because his stories are nonsense. They fail on a number of grounds including physics, geology, astronomy, and most importantly archaeology.
Mr. Sitchin goes on to claim (p. 143) that the Sumerian syllable MU was adopted into Semitic languages as "SHU-MU," which he translates as "that which is a MU" (by implication, “that which is a rocket ship”). Allegedly, "SHU-MU" then morphed into Akkadian shamu and Biblical Hebrew shem. We will consider the Akkadian word first, and then the Hebrew word.
Does Akkadian shamu come from Sitchin’s "SHU-MU"? Does Sumerian even have a word that means "that which is a MU"? Contrary to Mr. Sitchin, Akkadian shamu does NOT derive from SHU-MU, nor does shamu mean "that which is a MU." First, Mr. Sitchin's translation of shu-mu presupposes that "SHU-" is what's called in grammar a "relative pronoun" (the classification of pronouns in all languages that mean: “that which”). Mr. Sitchin is apparently unaware of Sumerian grammar at this point, because the Sumerian language does not have a class of pronouns that are relative pronouns! One need only consult a Sumerian grammar to find this out, such as John L. Hayes, A Manual of Sumerian Grammar (p.88).
Originally posted by CLPrime
Fact: such a planet as described by Sitchin would be detected by amateur astronomers.
Fact: it is not.
For the sake of completeness, I must say... there is that theory out there that Nibiru is a brown dwarf, which would make it (optically) invisible until it gets fairly close.
That being said, I agree with you. Nibiru is pseudoscience at its best. And I'm embarrassed to admit that I used to believe in it. In my defense, though, I was 12 at the time. Actually, that should probably tell you who this whole Nibiru thing is aimed at.
Originally posted by Gab1159
By the way, cloaking is scientifically feasable, so I guess we're back at the core of the problem, aren't we?
Originally posted by Gab1159
Thank you for your input. Noted and shelved.
This won't lead anywhere. Out of despair:
Have a nice day...
Originally posted by frugal
If Nibiru were comming towards Earth head on, how would we detect it? Other than the object slowly looks brighter in the sky each year? To me alot of objects seem to move and twinkle in the sky.....
Originally posted by stereologist
reply to post by timewalker
The idea of Nemesis was that it was a possible explanation for what appeared to be periodic extinctions of Earth. That idea has not panned out. The star would not necessarily be too cool to detect in the optical range. If it were, then WISE which ran out of coolant last October, should have detected a possible companion to the sun. It did not.
The first release of WISE data, covering about 80 percent of the sky, will be delivered to the astronomical community in May of next year.
Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) is a NASA infrared-wavelength astronomical space telescope launched on 14 December 2009,[1][2][3] and put into hibernation February 1, 2011.
The WISE science team now is analyzing millions of objects captured in the images, including many that have never seen before. A first batch of WISE data, covering more than half the sky, will be released to the astronomical community next spring, with the rest to follow in 2012.
The first release of WISE data, covering about 80 percent of the sky, will be delivered to the astronomical community in May of next year.
Originally posted by randyvs
It might appear larger when it's next to the sun, because of some type of magnification from the suns magnetic field.
And it's possible that the magnetic field would make that object appear larger. I don't know, I'm just guessing, I'm guessing.
Originally posted by cluckerspud
Originally posted by leaualorin
Wait and see !
See what? Keplars Law shows that we would be able to SEE it.
We don't. FACT.
Originally posted by autowrench
Originally posted by cluckerspud
Originally posted by leaualorin
Wait and see !
See what? Keplars Law shows that we would be able to SEE it.
We don't. FACT.
Not if it's approach is from the southern quadrant. You would have to physically be south of the Equator to be able to see it. That is why every time it comes it is such a big surprise. It is not only predicted in the "Tell," or story of, but also in the drawings, and stone carvings of the Ancient Sumerian and Egyptians, and other South American megalithic drawings and paintings.
Not if it's approach is from the southern quadrant.
Originally posted by randyvs
I'm not planning on marrying her . Hell I don't even care if she sleeps around.
She sounds like she'll believe anything, chances are she has slept around.
Originally posted by randyvs
Defense lawyer right?
When faced with inarguable eyewitness tetimony ( evidence ). Attack the credibility of the witness.
You animal!