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cladking Wrote:
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> All science contains a lot of knowledge and to the
> degree Egyptology is a science it contains a great
> deal of knowledge.
>
> The problem is interpretation of evidence. they
> have a teflon paradigm where all knowledge refuses
> to stick to it. So knowledge is bolted, screwed,
> and riveted onto a paradigm without foundation.
> All that needs to be done is to disconnect the
> knowledge from the paradigm and find a new one to
> which data prefer to stick.
>
> This is simple enough since all the heavy lifting
> has been completed. They lifted it all up and
> built an upside down pyramid. It is resting on a
> few failed assumption. Fixing it is virtually
> exothermic and merely requires a little shuffling
> and rewriting the books. It's hardly the end of
> the world as we know it. It's just the unknown
> we've always stumbled into. Now we can stumble
> into the future secure in the knowledge that our
> ancestors might not have been so ignorant and
> superstitious as we once believed. This might
> give us some solace to know that if they could
> build the pyramids with ancient knowledge and
> tools there are almost no limitations to modern
> science armed with the knowledge that there are
> other ways to acquire and manifest knowledge. We
> may be far more competent and capable as a result.
>
>
> Ignorance and superstition are never assets.
1) Egyptology is NOT a Science
2) Your contention that everyone within the field is wrong is RIDICULOUS!!!!!
Warwick
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> All science contains a lot of knowledge and to the
> degree Egyptology is a science it contains a great
> deal of knowledge.
>
> The problem is interpretation of evidence. they
> have a teflon paradigm where all knowledge refuses
> to stick to it. So knowledge is bolted, screwed,
> and riveted onto a paradigm without foundation.
> All that needs to be done is to disconnect the
> knowledge from the paradigm and find a new one to
> which data prefer to stick.
>
> This is simple enough since all the heavy lifting
> has been completed. They lifted it all up and
> built an upside down pyramid. It is resting on a
> few failed assumption. Fixing it is virtually
> exothermic and merely requires a little shuffling
> and rewriting the books. It's hardly the end of
> the world as we know it. It's just the unknown
> we've always stumbled into. Now we can stumble
> into the future secure in the knowledge that our
> ancestors might not have been so ignorant and
> superstitious as we once believed. This might
> give us some solace to know that if they could
> build the pyramids with ancient knowledge and
> tools there are almost no limitations to modern
> science armed with the knowledge that there are
> other ways to acquire and manifest knowledge. We
> may be far more competent and capable as a result.
>
>
> Ignorance and superstition are never assets.
1) Egyptology is NOT a Science
2) Your contention that everyone within the field is wrong is RIDICULOUS!!!!!
Warwick
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