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[–]onegaynerd 11 points12 points ago

There are so many incorrect things in this gif its mindblowing. One of the most obvious, is that the continents are drifting in the complete opposite direction than that shown in the gif. Thats basic geometry taught in elementary school in the US. While other things happening in the gif are true (sun turning into red giant, galaxies colliding etc) Don't believe any of the dates without researching them.

[–]Grays42 10 points11 points ago

Thats basic geometry taught in elementary school in the US.

[–]onegaynerd 4 points5 points ago

I can't believe I said geometry... hangs head in shame

[–]toxilium 5 points6 points ago

The gif also didn't show California splitting off, one of the earliest geological events that will take place in the future.

[–]interlooper 2 points3 points ago

Source please. It's not trivially obvious to me that continental drift needs to be unidirectional.

However, the idea that solar systems would be destroyed en masse when galaxies collide is funny.

Edit: by 'funny' I meant "hilariously untrue".

[–]EmperorSexy 1 point2 points ago

For example, the Mid-Atlantic Ridge is a divergent boundary, meaning that The Americas are moving further apart from Europe and Africa. So there's no reason to expect them to collide.

[–]Grays42 1 point2 points ago

I remember seeing a video discussion recently from NASA guys who calculated the shift of Andromeda over 8 years and determined that Andromeda would indeed hit the Milky Way in a few billion years.

A reporter was confused when the presenter said the solar system would be fine, and asked a followup question about it. The scientist's reply was essentially "we're talking about gravity on such a huge scale by bodies that are so far apart that the chance that our solar system would be significantly disrupted is astronomically unlikely."

I'm at work or I'd go hunt for the source, but I know it was a conference earlier this year and it was in the middle of the video.

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[–]heyway 1 point2 points ago

This gif is so old.

[–]Heromedic18 -1 points0 points ago

Did anyone else think the last frame of this would be "Half Life 3 Released"?