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Episode 11 – Clark Stewart – The Mayan Rosetta Stone
A conversation with Clark Stewart
A coronal mass ejection (CME) is a massive burst of gas and magnetic field arising from the solar coronaand being released into the solar wind, as observed in a coronagraph. Coronal mass ejections are often…
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A coronal mass ejection (CME) is a massive burst of gas and magnetic field arising from the solar coronaand being released into the solar wind, as observed in a coronagraph.
Coronal mass ejections are often associated with other forms of solar activity, most notably solar flares or filament
eruptions, but a broadly accepted theoretical understanding of these relationships has not been established. CMEs most often originate from active regions on the Sun’s surface, such as groupings ofsunspots associated with frequent flares. Near solar maxima, the Sun produces about three CMEs every day, whereas near solar minima, there is about one CME every five days.
Impact on Earth
When the ejection is directed towards Earth and reaches it as an interplanetary CME (ICME), the shock wave of the traveling mass of solar energetic particles causes a geomagnetic storm that may disrupt Earth’s magnetosphere, compressing it on the day side and extending the night-side magnetic tail. When the magnetosphere reconnects on the nightside, it releases power on the order of terawatt scale, which is directed back toward Earth’s upper atmosphere.
Solar energetic particles can cause particularly strong aurorae in large regions around Earth’s magnetic poles. These are also known as the Northern Lights (aurora borealis) in the northern hemisphere, and the Southern Lights (aurora australis) in the southern hemisphere. Coronal mass ejections, along with solar flares of other origin, can disrupt radio transmissions and cause damage to satellites and electrical transmission line facilities, resulting in potentially massive and long-lasting power outages.[6][7]
Humans at high altitudes, as in airplanes or space stations, risk exposure to relatively intense cosmic rays. Cosmic rays are potentially lethal in high quantities. The energy absorbed by astronauts is not reduced by a typical spacecraft shield design and, if any protection is provided, it would result from changes in the microscopic inhomogeneity of the energy absorption events.[8]
Clark Stewart has been researching the sun’s impact on earth for more than a decade. In this episode we go over how the sun affects our lives on all levels.
From Clark’s Work:
Mayan Rosetta Stone is a functioning algorithm that was discovered within the harmonics of the long count calendar.
This algorithm is rooted in time and synchronizes with geophysics, solar physics, neurophysiology, I.e. Geo Helio coupling. This is a model to show how the sun-earth energy affects consciousness, biology, climate, economics, etc.
Find more on Clark’s work here: http://www.mayanrosettastone.com/
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“Claims that solar activity affects the brain involve technical literature spanning neuroscience, physics, and statistics. Clear visual explanations can help people understand the proposed relationships, but accessibility should not imply certainty. A diagram is most useful when it shows both the hypothesis and the limits of the evidence.”
From the conversation“The Goodman-Martínez-Thompson correlation anchors the Maya Long Count through decades of scholarly work. I found the evidence for popularizing December 21, 2012 as a singular transformative deadline far weaker. A calendar correlation and an apocalyptic interpretation are separate claims and should not be treated as one result.”
From the conversation“The brain is an extraordinary instrument for transforming energy and sensory input into experience. I am interested in whether solar and planetary environments influence that process, but metaphors such as calling the brain a particle accelerator should not be mistaken for literal neuroscience. The hypothesis needs measurements capable of ruling out coincidence.”
From the conversation“Some researchers have reported correlations between sunspot activity and periods of human excitability or social change. Correlation across broad historical categories is especially vulnerable to selective examples and flexible definitions. The idea is intriguing, but terms such as novelty and excitability need precise measures before a causal energy can be claimed.”
From the conversation“Periods of social upheaval can coincide with remarkable innovation, from mass political movements to advances such as graphene and supercapacitors. Calling all of them expressions of one cosmic cycle creates a compelling narrative, but each development also has distinct technological, economic, and historical causes that deserve direct examination.”
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Clark Stewart
A coronal mass ejection (CME) is a massive burst of gas and magnetic field arising from the solar coronaand being released into the solar wind, as observed in a coronagraph.
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