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A comment on Deep Space Trajectories: Exiting the Heliosphere. Parent comment
It's not catastrophic unless you're a computer orbiting near the magnetopause, and it happens "on average once every ~450,000 years" [1].
> ancient stories and myths from around the world
The last reversal occured 780,000 years ago. The author is claiming million-year old myths.
> the north and south galactic magnetic fields
This isn't a thing [2].
> author suggests that the government and elites are aware of this impending disaster and are secretly preparing underground shelters and bunkers
Why would you keep watching...
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geomagnetic_reversal#Effects_o...
[2] https://www.wtamu.edu/~cbaird/sq/2014/09/03/why-dont-galaxie...
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It's not catastrophic unless you're a computer orbiting near the magnetopause, and it happens "on average once every ~450,000 years" [1].
> ancient stories and myths from around the world
The last reversal occured 780,000 years ago. The author is claiming million-year old myths.
> the north and south galactic magnetic fields
This isn't a thing [2].
> author suggests that the government and elites are aware of this impending disaster and are secretly preparing underground shelters and bunkers
Why would you keep watching...
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geomagnetic_reversal#Effects_o...
[2] https://www.wtamu.edu/~cbaird/sq/2014/09/03/why-dont-galaxie...