[etni] "2012" -- to be handled with care
- From: David Reid <reidnomad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2011 07:32:36 +0200
Hi, ETNI'ers
On Tuesday, March 15, Adi Orian wrote "... a good film to view, ..... is the
new '2012'. It is scientifically valid ...."
No, it is not scientifically valid, and it would be a disservice to students
to show it to them with the teacher telling them that it is. (By the way, it
is a 2009 film, which is not very "new", but that is irrelevant.) In fact,
it would be a better exercise for students to have them figure out why the
film is not scientifically valid, although that would better be done under
the guidance of a science teacher, or at least an English teacher with a
good scientific background. I have gotten in trouble on this list before for
putting a post that was too detailed and not of general enough interest, so
I will not put the details here, but stick to the point of general interest,
a contradiction to Adi's claim. To find out details, a bit of googling and
some calculations would be sufficient.
David Reid
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