The Geek Mythologies

The Miracle!

I should’ve included this video in my funnies section, not so much because the video in itself is funny, but the huge amount of discussion it has created on what is considered to many viewers to be a “miracle” is just plain hillarious. Click on the video once it’s playing to go along to YouTube to view the discussion.

I’ve seen this effect a WHOLE bunch of times before on the net, and in fact I only discovered this Youtube video through Google after seeing the same effect on the Bebo page set up by and for the NZCF NCO’s. ANYWAYS! Short story long… the black spot in the sun appears to be caused by temporarily “burnt out” or malfunctioning pixels on the video camera’s CCD. Further proof can be seen here and here.

Now just to clarify, I’m not trying to dispute the existence of God here, I’m just trying to point out that while many “believers” view this as a miracle, it can simply be explained using modern science. Modern science created this effect, and these nutcases are trying to see more in it than what is really there!

Thoughts?

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