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Merrell Wrote:
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> Origyptian Wrote:
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> > I have never "thrown back", "bombed", or in any
> > other way criticized an opinion that
> > was respectfully rendered by anyone on this board.
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> Hogwash.
Merrell, I think you may have misunderstood my comment and I apologize for any misleading wording. What "strawman" did you think I was referring to that insulted you? By "strawman references", I was referring to the Gizmodo article, and Fall, et al. I wasn't criticizing anything you did (hence my mention of what was going on over at LinkedIn).
The Gizmodo article you cited overreached the conclusions of the Fall report. The article claimed “Scientists Discovered the Egyptian Secret to Moving Huge Pyramid Stones”, but the authors made no such claim, and in fact they acknowledged that their research simply reveals one "possibility" that “merits a more detailed study”.
Regarding the Fall report, I consider it misleading for a couple of reasons. First, the relatively light weights (and relatively low psi) used in that research do not reflect the physics of dragging megalithic-scale objects in a similar fashion. Second, the authors oversimplified the problem by characterizing it to be all about frictional drag. It’s like trying to compare the effect of dragging a small wooden box over a 1” thick sheet of ice to the effect of dragging a 30 ton block over a similar ice sheet -- the light weight model doesn't account for how the latter will likely melt into the ice due to pressure-induced heat. Likewise, the pressure of the large block of stone introduces other effects not expressed with smaller loads, such as the greater likelihood it will sink into wet sand). The transportation of such massive blocks is not just about frictional drag.
In other words, it’s a bit of a “provocative straw man” for Gizmodo to claim such a "Discovery" was made, or for Fall, et al., to characterize the issue as only being about “frictional drag”.
I apologize if I used "straw man" incorrectly. We certainly continued that volley respectfully:
your reply: [grahamhancock.com]
my reply: [grahamhancock.com]
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 16-Mar-17 00:21 by Origyptian.
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> Origyptian Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > I have never "thrown back", "bombed", or in any
> > other way criticized an opinion that
> > was respectfully rendered by anyone on this board.
>
> Hogwash.
Merrell, I think you may have misunderstood my comment and I apologize for any misleading wording. What "strawman" did you think I was referring to that insulted you? By "strawman references", I was referring to the Gizmodo article, and Fall, et al. I wasn't criticizing anything you did (hence my mention of what was going on over at LinkedIn).
The Gizmodo article you cited overreached the conclusions of the Fall report. The article claimed “Scientists Discovered the Egyptian Secret to Moving Huge Pyramid Stones”, but the authors made no such claim, and in fact they acknowledged that their research simply reveals one "possibility" that “merits a more detailed study”.
Regarding the Fall report, I consider it misleading for a couple of reasons. First, the relatively light weights (and relatively low psi) used in that research do not reflect the physics of dragging megalithic-scale objects in a similar fashion. Second, the authors oversimplified the problem by characterizing it to be all about frictional drag. It’s like trying to compare the effect of dragging a small wooden box over a 1” thick sheet of ice to the effect of dragging a 30 ton block over a similar ice sheet -- the light weight model doesn't account for how the latter will likely melt into the ice due to pressure-induced heat. Likewise, the pressure of the large block of stone introduces other effects not expressed with smaller loads, such as the greater likelihood it will sink into wet sand). The transportation of such massive blocks is not just about frictional drag.
In other words, it’s a bit of a “provocative straw man” for Gizmodo to claim such a "Discovery" was made, or for Fall, et al., to characterize the issue as only being about “frictional drag”.
I apologize if I used "straw man" incorrectly. We certainly continued that volley respectfully:
your reply: [grahamhancock.com]
my reply: [grahamhancock.com]
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How can any of us ever know, when all we can do is think?
How can any of us ever know, when all we can do is think?
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 16-Mar-17 00:21 by Origyptian.
