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Lastly, if you were a scientist and engineer back in 1910, do you think you would have said the same thing about space travel? Submarines? The WWW? Humans may be relatively intelligent but we are a long, long way from knowing everything. And Rotobott, Quote:
Again, interesting idea but needs some work. |
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Well, might as well bring in the biggest "unexplained" of them all.....Atlantis. This just appeared on a message board I check periodically:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worl...bbean-Sea.html Again, needs a lot of work. |
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December 20th, 2009, 05:51 PM | #35 | |
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Our cave dwelling ancestors had no knowledge of gravity, but it was there. We have discovered that to be a fact. We did not bring it into being because we discovered it, it was always there. In the not too distant past, physicists thought that they were pretty much redundant, that all of the physical world was fully understood. Then they realised that the laws that we take for granted seemed not to apply to the atomic level world and a new era of physics was born. Now the big problem is finding one theory which applies to the large and the small scale worlds. If this is ever acheived, will physicist feel again that they are reundant and that we then fully understand our universe. I do not look at every unexplained thing and deny it. It was only recently that I became a UFO sceptic. I had read a book called The Fabric of the Universe by Brian Greene and my eyes were opened to what was possible, what was theoretically possible and what was impossible. People who believe in one phenomenon or another do not have to give any justification for their beliefs. The onus is always on those who disagree to provide evidence as to why they disagree. If you beleive that aliens regularly visit our planet, how do you think they get here?
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December 20th, 2009, 06:28 PM | #36 | |
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There are a couple working ideas because engineers and anthropologists have tried to replicate the Inca results. I need to check the professional journals to be sure but I believe the method considered "most likely" is: Cut the bottom rock close to the shape of the rock to be placed on top of it and then sand the bottom rock (with harder, hand-size stones) to form a perfect fit. (One can check this by placing the top rock in place and then removing it to see where/if some fine sand between the two rocks is all smoothe, rough, or untouched.) Yes, this takes much manual labour (but not phenomenal amounts like various Pyramids), and as you practice more it is easier to get the rock-shapes correct the first time. Please, remember too that the Inca used slave labour, as other cultures have, so their labour costs were lower in some ways. e.d. |
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The 12th Planet....
For all the unbelievers out there...
you'll see things from another perspective, once you've read books from this author. I did..!!!! This is no nonsence theory..!!! Are we alone, were we alone.?. Take for example the pyramides, How could a civilisation 2000 - 5000 BC have made structures like those pyramides..?. Not the way the were made, but how arranged according to the cosmos. The 12th Planet Readers of Zecharia Sitchin’s books, particularly The 12th Planet, will recognize the above seal, VA 243 (so named because it is number 243 in the collection of the Vorderasiatische Museum in Berlin). This seal is the centerpiece of Sitchin’s theory that the Sumerians had advanced astronomical knowledge of the planetary bodies in our solar system. This knowledge was allegedly given to the Sumerians by extraterrestrials, whom Sitchin identifies as the Anunnaki gods of Sumero-Mesopotamian mythology. In the upper left-hand corner of the seal, Sitchin argues, one sees the sun surrounded by eleven globes. Since ancient peoples (including the Sumerians according to Sitchin) held the sun and moon to be “planets,” these eleven globes plus the sun add up to twelve planets. Of course, since we now know of nine planets plus our sun and moon, part of Sitchin’s argument is that the Sumerians knew of an extra planet beyond Pluto. This extra planet is considered by Sitchin to be Nibiru, an astronomical body mentioned in Mesopotamian texts. Sitchin’s works detail his contention that Nibiru passes through our solar system every 3600 years, and so some believers in Sitchin’s theory contend that Nibiru will return soon. Some followers of Sitchin’s ideas also refer to Nibiru as “Planet X”. Is Sitchin correct – in whole or in part? Is Nibiru a 12th planet that will soon return? Does VA243 prove his thesis? Unfortunately for Sitchin and his followers, the answer to each of these questions is no. This paper will focus on the heart of his theory, VA243. Nibiru is the subject of another paper on my website.
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Hardly surprising as the theory that there must be a "missing" planet beyond Pluto is about as daft as suggesting that extraterrestrials must have told ancient civilisations about the Solar System! The alignment of the Egyptian Pyramids can be fairly easily explained. There are "circumpolar stars" which circle around the North Pole, so can always be seen, and by waiting until they're aligned, you can accurately determine North. You don't need a telescope, a knowledge of the universe, or assistance from visiting aliens ... just an interest in the night sky, a plumb-line and the Mark1 Human eyeball. |
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(Just an example to illustrate this part of S-Nug's statement, if all the neurons in one's brain were to fire simulanteously your head would very seriously overheat--this would cause headache, delirium, and probably death by instantaneous 130 degree F. fever (50ish Celsius?). Unlike your muscles and other cells, neurons can't sweat through the skin to expell waste heat.) e.d. |
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