Our findings show there is no cause for alarm. No reason to spend billions of dollars to build spaceships which never will be needed.

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practicality skepticism

11 seconds sound clip from the When Worlds Collide (1951) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:22:42.860 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

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- If you wait until the danger is visible to the naked eye, it will be too late to escape.

- Bellus and Zyra will be upon us and crush the Earth.

- Dr. Ottinger, of the Estabrook Observatory.

- My colleagues, Dr. Felix Zenta, Professor of Astronomy at Cornwall University, and Dr. Jonathan Wilson, President of the International Planetary Research Institute, and I have examined the photographs and data submitted by Drs. Hendron and Bronson.

- Our findings show there is no cause for alarm. No reason to spend billions of dollars to build spaceships which never will be needed.

- And suppose they were built? Do either of you believe that spaceships can fly to any planet?

- It is theoretically possible.

- I, too, believe in theories, Doctor, but when you tell me flying to another planet is a possibility, you're out of the realm of theory. You're in a dream world of the impossible.

- Even if the world were to end, would it be less unpleasant to die out in space than here, on firm ground?

- The world will not end. Certainly, these new bodies will pass our planet. Heavenly bodies frequently do. But we are still here.

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At 1:00 on July 24th, Zyra, a new planet, will pass so close to the Earth, it will cause vast destruction. There is no doubt about the coming of Zyra. Remember, there is no doubt.

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