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cladking Wrote:
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> OCaptain Wrote:
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> > So, yes, you are doing the same thing you
> accuse
> > Egyptologists of doing.
>
>
> NO!!!
>
> Egyptologists say they could only have used
> ramps.
>
> I say all the physical and cultural evidence
> strongly suggests they pulled stones straight up
> the sides of five step pyramids.
>
> Egyptologists say there is a 100% chance they used
> ramps and I say there is an 85% probability they
> pulled stones straight up the side. The first
> statement represents a belief because NOTHING in
> the world is certain and the second statement
> reflects my estimation of the evidence and
> applicable logic.
>
> I'm not certain of anything at all. It's
> Egyptologists who KNOW BEYOND QUESTION that the
> great pyramids are tombs dragged up ramps by
> stinky footed bumpkins who were just like the
> authors of the book of the dead.
>
> Beliefs always express themselves as certainties
> and always define what an individual can see.
> This is how we (homo omnisciencis) work.
> Egyptologists BELIEVE ancient people were just
> like them.
Documentation for your assertion that all professional Egyptologists say that there is a 100% probability of ramps being used?
Which professors and in which published papers?
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> OCaptain Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
>
>
> > So, yes, you are doing the same thing you
> accuse
> > Egyptologists of doing.
>
>
> NO!!!
>
> Egyptologists say they could only have used
> ramps.
>
> I say all the physical and cultural evidence
> strongly suggests they pulled stones straight up
> the sides of five step pyramids.
>
> Egyptologists say there is a 100% chance they used
> ramps and I say there is an 85% probability they
> pulled stones straight up the side. The first
> statement represents a belief because NOTHING in
> the world is certain and the second statement
> reflects my estimation of the evidence and
> applicable logic.
>
> I'm not certain of anything at all. It's
> Egyptologists who KNOW BEYOND QUESTION that the
> great pyramids are tombs dragged up ramps by
> stinky footed bumpkins who were just like the
> authors of the book of the dead.
>
> Beliefs always express themselves as certainties
> and always define what an individual can see.
> This is how we (homo omnisciencis) work.
> Egyptologists BELIEVE ancient people were just
> like them.
Documentation for your assertion that all professional Egyptologists say that there is a 100% probability of ramps being used?
Which professors and in which published papers?
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