Genetic Variation (Introduction)

by Balance_Maintained , U.S.A., Saturday, October 02, 2010, 15:18 (5166 days ago) @ xeno6696

I could just as easily ask what evidence do you have that it was built by the Egyptians or Babylonians since, 
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> Reread what I wrote and tell me where I made that claim.
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You didn't, nor did I intentionally insinuate that you did, though I can see how you would infer that. The question I posed was a rhetorical rebuttal to:->What evidence do you have that those builders didn't know trig? -Which is to say, we have no evidence that they didn't know trig or geometry, nor that they didn't have a rigorous system for it, nor that Stonehenge was not built by one of the other civilizations. It is all based on assumptions which, at least to me, seem to have some very a fundamental flaw, namely, that despite a profusion of evidence to the contrary in the form of astonishing feats of construction and engineering, we assume that the lack of written documentation means a lack of organized mathematics or an intellectual/cultural inferiority to modern man. -What do we do with all the data that doesn't fit? How do we reconcile the enigmas? How do we explain feats of engineering that would otherwise be unexplainable?-We could assume that it is all intuition, guess work, and dumb luck, though I would argue that the degree of sophistication found throughout the ancient world should be an effective enough counter for that. -We could assume that all of the out of place artifacts where the invention of some opium induced mental state of a prodigal artist/inventor, but they are too wide spread around the globe, and too coherent for that to hold much merit.-We could assume that it was E.T. that taught them how to do it, but without any evidence of E.T. life forms, I don't buy it.-We could assume that they were in possession of some form of mental powers that allowed them to move extreme mass, and perform complex equations without the pre-requisite engineering, but having no evidence of such ability, that is a low possibility.-But what happens if we work off the assumption that this is not civilizations first time around the bend? Would that explain the Vimana's, the vitrified fortresses, the model airplanes found around the world, Stonehenge, the similarity between pyramids, the legends of advanced teachers coming to various civilizations, the myths of lost civilizations, etc etc.? -One could argue that there is no evidence because we have not found the cities or what have you. But I would ask how long does it take for concrete, steel, iron, copper, and other such materials to be absorbed back into nature? I am not saying this happened, but part of science is having the imagination to think up different scenarios, and then actively working to prove or disprove them.