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Re: Important Stuff

I want to have what @marcitko is having...

Everything there is positive, real. As we may know, some of our expectations are imaginary. Advanced aspirations are not practical. For example:

Today I want to prove logically, that the Mythical US, supposedly somewhere between Mexico and Canada, does not exist. Like Wakanda and its ridiculous 'Empress Trump' it is a figment of superstitious minds...
I intend to report a missing tree. (Must not mention that I believe it was being used by the Jolly Green Giant as a toothpick)
My morning meditation and chanting has improved others
My mind has matured and like the moon, is mainly made of cheese. Possibly Gouda.

Have a great day everyone
"Keep it Real" ~ Baron Cohen aka Ali Gi, Borat

lobster

Re: Important Stuff

@lobster said:
I want to have what @marcitko is having...

Thanks @lobster. In a bit of a downswing, I would too!

marcitko

Re: Funny Stuff

Shoshin1

Re: Talking outside the echo chamber

I don’t see that that’s necessarily true. Why build a whole pyramid? Why not build a ramp with a steep drop at the end? That also gets you to a high place, with a lot less stone and a lot less effort. Why not build a platform? I think that text just speaks to cynicism and an unwillingness to consider an obvious change in worldview.

Jeroen

Re: Talking outside the echo chamber

For example, in Macchu Picchu there are granite stone blocks of many tons and irregular shapes so precisely shaped and fitted to each other that you can’t slide a piece of paper between them. Granite is really hard stone, difficult to work even with the tools we have today.

In the Museum of Cairo there is an oddly shaped artefact named the Sabu Disk, which is 5000 years old and made by an unknown technique. It too is made of stone, but it looks like a machine part.

There are other examples…

Jeroen

Re: Talking outside the echo chamber

I like Graham Hancock… he has a lot of respect for evidence and facts, although he doesn’t follow the establishment line of thinking about the past. I also think he is right, in that there was a lot more to early human culture than simple hunter-gatherer tribes.

Jeroen