“You’re damned wrong, my friend,” murmured Joshua to the speaker. The slide—or even switch—of magnetic poles would not lead to an earthquake; these were legends in light of the latest geological evidence. The magnetic field would not vanish—it could happen that we would have more than one North and South Pole. A change in the Earth’s axis could cause climatic change, but not earthquakes!
How can you come out all the time with the same fabulous and unscientific story? he thought. And you call me an outlaw. . . .
He calmed down slowly.
This damned TV brought out the past all the time and confronted him with the reality that came from these spoiled events. Why didn’t he just watch a nice movie? Why did he always need to irritate himself with pseudo-scientific speculations? Why didn’t he ju
