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Across numerous metaphysical websites, there appears to be a recurring and somewhat befuddling claim that new scientific data has resulted in the discovery that the earth’s pulse is speeding up, and along with it time itself. To make this argument, these websites typically invoke something called the Schumann resonance, and then misinterpret it in myriad ways. Here is a representative argument from a July 2016 post from the website named Esoteric Metaphysical Spiritual Database: This, however, is a poorly executed attempt to sound credible by adding a real phenomenon into the mix. Schumann resonances are ultra low frequency waves in the upper atmosphere caused, in essence, by Earth’s constant hum of lightning strikes, as described by NASA: This constant low frequency wave is popularly thought of as the heartbeat of Earth’s atmosphere, and it is composed of numerous frequency waves, the most prominent being commonly defined as 7.8 Hz. The notion that this ‘pulse’ is speeding up and appears to originate from new age author Gregg Braden, who was a big advocate of the theory that the magnetic poles would reverse in the year 2012, and who is described on his publisher's website with these accolades: Not only does the author fail to explain how the Schumann resonances would affect our perception of time, his claim is factually inaccurate. There are many features that can affect the distribution of different frequencies caused by the Schumann resonance—among them atmospheric temperature and solar activity, but there is no steady or alarming increase over time. Another point is that the days are technically, but more important literally, getting longer, due to tidal forces from the Moon.
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