a friend of mine (fellow physics student)
has several quite frankly idiotic theories.

1. there is a counter-earth on the other side of the sun in the same orbit as us. why can't we detect it? it has an "antimatter shield."

2. light can get tired. this pretty much speaks for itself.

3. in 2012 the aforementioned counter-earth will declare war on us.

4. the hubble space telescope isn't real, and all images from it are photoshopped.

personally, I think I should begin to mine his stupidity and sell it to B-movie writers.
(venort apparently exists, Thu 25 Mar 2010, 6:56, 6 replies)

the Counter-Earth thing
is used in the Gor 'saga', which was turned into two B-movies.
(apeloverage committed the vile act of onanism on, Thu 25 Mar 2010, 7:39, closed)

1 has bindun
Classic Gerry Anderson flick, "Journey to the Far Side of the Sun," although your friend might see it as more of a documentary.
( argyleblanket The man on the roof works for me, Thu 25 Mar 2010, 7:48, closed)

When you say student,
Is that Degree or GCSE?
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Thu 25 Mar 2010, 8:22, closed)

11+?

(bamboozled Can hear you getting fatter, Thu 25 Mar 2010, 9:31, closed)

Your cunning plan to profit won't work.
B-movie stupidity was devalued Zimbabwe-style when Armageddon was dumped onto the market in 1998. Hollywood dumbologists have predicted that mining its stupidity will supply movie plot writers for the next 140 years at current rates of B-movie production.
( Amish Information Systems hates misplaced, commas, Thu 25 Mar 2010, 9:35, closed)

I was going to say that's the plot of Asimov's Nemesis
But internet research reminds me that was a counter-sun, not another planet
( emvee cruor deo cruoris, Thu 25 Mar 2010, 10:26, closed)