Originally posted by Harte
You are choosing to believe him and his sponsor A.R.E. and doing so while flying directly into the very face of scientific fact.
It's okay, but it's also B.S.
What is it you are accusing me of believing?
The ARE (and Little) have found ZERO evidence for Atlantis to date, so there are ZERO scientific claims coming from them to believe in. This is
readily acknowledged by them.
I have a hunch that sea-faring civilization in the Atlantic region probably goes back further than we think. This is based on all the other
underwater ruins that have been found (and acknowledged by the mainstream) and by the significant changes in past sea levels in the area, especially
around the Caribbean. It's also based on the fact that every year civilization gets pushed further and further back.
As Little himself suggests, Atlantis may turn out to be nothing more than that and it's just a story that has been highly "mythologized" over the
ages. I tend to agree. It would be far from the first time in history this has happened, with Troy being one of the prime examples.
That's what I "believe" - just for your clarification.
If it turns out the Cayce readings on Atlantis are correct, well, then, wow, is about all I can say. But, they are so, well, far afield that it's
hard to fully "believe" in them.
Originally posted by Harte
Certainly.
But what they don't acknowledge is that they aren't even anchors at all. They are stones with holes naturally carved into them by action of
currents on embedded harder stones that were in the limestone when it formed.
They are identical to anchors found (and acknowledged by the mainstream) in the Mediterranean around the same time. And, no, the holes (with rope
grooves on them) are not naturally formed. By the way, they didn't have huge metal anchors back then. Rocks (with holes bored into them) are exactly
what they used.
Originally posted by Harte
The point is that the site has been visited by severalo different teams of geologists, starting with Schinn (IIRC.)
They all came to the same conclusion.
Schinn, lol. His work was found to have errors and when confronted he admitted he did it "just for fun" and didn't put the "usual care" into his work
at Bimini. Not to mention, he is one of the proponents I talked about above who talked about the beachrock slope and lack of stacked rocks, which has
been shown to be false. The stacked rocks could still be naturally formed, but the fact that Schinn didn't even notice them, shows the lack of care
and time he put into the site. anyhow, they are valid points when determining whether a structure made of beackrock is natural or not, but to date,
the issue has not been resolved by ANYBODY in my opinion - there are still unanswered questions.
By the way, the only "earned" degree Schinn has has is in biology. So, its okay to take his word on this over Donato, when Donata actually has a
degree he EARNED relevant to the work in question? Okay.
Quite frankly, I'm not overly impressed with either of these guys. I would like to get some noteworthy scientists at all these sites, so we can get
some real data, and more opinions.
Originally posted by Harte
Now, do you believe there is such a place as Mozambique?
You do?
Then you are a hypocrite, unless you've actually been there. This is what you're saying about your "main proponents calling Bimini natural. "
Harte
Lol, come on, I'm talking about actually CONDUCTING science on site, not making stuff up. If someone is going to claim a beachrock formation is
natural, I want to be sure they actually looked at it before I trust their word. Sorry, but that's just me.
So, are you trying to say archeologists, geologists, etc., shouldn't visit the site they are actually studying, lol?
They should conduct work at the LHC like that too. Instead of running experiments at CERN, physicists could just remotely claim the Higgs exists (or
not) by pulling the statement out of their "arse". They could skip doing the the math too, while they're at it.
But, at the very least, they would have to be required to visit CERN only once, so they know for sure CERN at least exists before making any
scientific conclusions.
I bet they could really save on the electricity bill this way - not ever having to actaully turn on the collider to do work.
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