| Tango01 | 02 Jul 2014 12:58 p.m. PST |
…Swore Our Planet Is Hollow. "In 1869 an American physician named Cyrus Reed Teed, whose very own brand of medicine combined alchemy with zaps of electricity and doses of magnetism, electrocuted himself so badly that he passed out. Which is just as well, for when he came to, he realized he was the living incarnation of Jesus Christ. Not only that, he also decided that the Earth is actually an inverted sphere: We line the inside and look in on, not out to, the rest of the universe. he started a cult called Koreshanity in Florida to convince the world of his geologic discovery. And on a beach near their commune, for five months the Koreshanites deployed the rectilliniator, a device of their own creation, to scientifically measure that the Earth is in fact concave. Naturally, it was a success. Madness, to be sure, but also the product of an idea put forth 200 years previous by one of history's greatest scientific minds: Edmond Halley. You see, Halley noticed that the Earth's magnetic field is rather unpredictable, with its lines shifting from year to year. And Halley, after whom the famous comet is named, reckoned that the Earth's hollowness is to blame—we're standing on an outermost shell with three more concentric shells within. And it's the poles of these inner shells that throw off our magnetic field. Oh, and according to Halley, there's undoubtedly life flourishing deep down there.."
Full article here
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Armand |
 Extra Crispy  | 02 Jul 2014 1:37 p.m. PST |
Sounds like a great setting for a VSF or Pulp game… |
| jpattern2 | 02 Jul 2014 2:05 p.m. PST |
"The Hollow Earth" makes for a great pulp setting. |
 ochoin  | 02 Jul 2014 2:56 p.m. PST |
Wasn't he the scientist who discovered Bigfoot? |
| DyeHard | 02 Jul 2014 3:09 p.m. PST |
It was in fact part of my VSF background.
See my notes on Symzonia:
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| Kmfisher | 02 Jul 2014 5:09 p.m. PST |
Why is it always Florida? |
| Winston Smith | 02 Jul 2014 5:27 p.m. PST |
Because that is where all the WWE wrestlers live. |
 Dances With Words  | 02 Jul 2014 6:05 p.m. PST |
and other TMP'rs we know and love……FISH and root for 'their' teams?????? This explains much! |
 Parzival | 02 Jul 2014 9:18 p.m. PST |
Poor Halley. If only he had built a consensus.
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| mikeda | 02 Jul 2014 11:10 p.m. PST |
In WWII the Germans had a telescope pointed up so they could spy on the US based on the hallow earth theory. |
| evilgong | 02 Jul 2014 11:19 p.m. PST |
I once played a competition game against a chap who, an hour or so into the game, and with no prior indication, announced to me that he was the incarnation of Jesus Christ. Straight faced and he clearly believed it. For the remainder of the game he made a few references to things biblical and supernatural. Not something you expect in a wargame, I did my best to ignore it. Him: "I'll rejoice when the dead shall rise up and become angels under my domain" Me: "My cavalry are charging your peltasts, are you going to evade?" We got though the game OK, thankfully neither his tactics or dice were particularly inspired and his army crumbled. Regards David F Brown |
| Pete Melvin | 03 Jul 2014 3:32 a.m. PST |
Wasn't he the scientist who discovered Bigfoot?
Actually it was Bigfoot who originaly discovered "Halley's" comet. But since Bigfoot was caught in a scandal involving the Countess of Wessex, a labrador and 3 bottles of "Hayre removall tincture for thye layde" it was covered up by the order of George the first and all the glory went to Halley. Bigfoot was subsequently deported to the New World for "Crymes unbeffiting an Gentylmann". |
| Roderick Robertson | 03 Jul 2014 7:59 a.m. PST |
Of course the Earth is hollow. Where do you think the Nazis had their secret base before they moved to the Moon? |
| Tango01 | 03 Jul 2014 11:25 a.m. PST |
Glad you enjoyed the article boys!. Amicalement
Armand |
