Ancient Astronauts - Page 3

xoxoxoBruce · 03-14-2009, 01:45 PM

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Originally Posted by sugarpop

We've lost soooo much knowledge over the millenia,...

Because people fall asleep in the middle of the show.

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My ex told me the ancient Greeks had steam-powered engines.

They discovered and demonstrated the principles, but they were thinkers/tinkerers that were living at the top of the heap.
They could have used the priciples to do actual work but then would have had to find something else for the slaves and servants to do.
The principles wouldn't be used until somebody figured out how to make a buck on it

Shawnee123 · 03-14-2009, 01:56 PM

I'm going to the store to prepare for the Ancient A's party. Anyone need anything?

xoxoxoBruce · 03-14-2009, 02:09 PM

Yes, pick me up a ho... please.

Shawnee123 · 03-14-2009, 02:11 PM

I'll see what's in stock, Bruce. I won't get you some bargain basement ho. Nothing but the best ho for you!

xoxoxoBruce · 03-14-2009, 02:13 PM

Oh thank you. I'm flattered to know you care enough to give the very best.

Trilby · 03-14-2009, 02:35 PM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Oh thank you. I'm flattered to know you care enough to give the very best.

Yes, darling, but I'm over here, to your left (if you're facing North, that is) - come pick me up!

xoxoxoBruce · 03-14-2009, 02:42 PM

Bu, but, then you'd miss the Ancient Astronauts.

sugarpop · 03-14-2009, 02:53 PM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Yes, pick me up a ho... please.

LMAO

sugarpop · 03-14-2009, 02:59 PM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Because people fall asleep in the middle of the show.

They discovered and demonstrated the principles, but they were thinkers/tinkerers that were living at the top of the heap.
They could have used the priciples to do actual work but then would have had to find something else for the slaves and servants to do.
The principles wouldn't be used until somebody figured out how to make a buck on it

Well apparently the people of the ancient world were a lot more ingenious than most of the people of today. Not to be insulting to modern man, but think about it. We can't figure how they did certain things, or built certain things. I mean sure, we could build pyramids today, but could we do it without relying on anything that wasn't here 5000 years ago?

sugarpop · 03-14-2009, 03:19 PM

Well I am going to the store now to get some ale.

Gotta have something to drink while watching the show.

So are we going to discuss it here afterwards or something?

xoxoxoBruce · 03-14-2009, 03:22 PM

If the methods for building the pyramids were useful or applicable to real life needs, rather than just grandiose projects, they would have been applied and carried down as tribal knowledge. They may very well have, we don't know, but it doesn't matter because we have better ways of building pyramids today.

Happy Monkey · 03-14-2009, 03:22 PM

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Originally Posted by sugarpop

I mean sure, we could build pyramids today, but could we do it without relying on anything that wasn't here 5000 years ago?

Of course, if we also had some things that they did have - vast amounts of expendable slave labor and a supreme executive who can direct a significant amount of the wealth of the nation into a vanity project.

Shawnee123 · 03-14-2009, 03:26 PM

The show makes the point that the "whole lotta labor" theory is pretty weak; there are still structures that would have been physically impossible without some kind of advanced systems to aid them. Then there's the "why" part of it.

classicman · 03-14-2009, 04:47 PM

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Originally Posted by sugarpop

We can't figure how they did certain things, or built certain things. I mean sure, we could build pyramids today, but could we do it without relying on anything that wasn't here 5000 years ago?

Some we can do much easier and some we cannot figure out....leading to the show we are all watching tonight. We'll see.

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Originally Posted by sugarpop

So are we going to discuss it here afterwards or something?

OH yeh - it'll be all the rage tomorrow.

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Originally Posted by Happy Monkey

Of course, if we also had some things that they did have - vast amounts of expendable slave labor and a supreme executive who can direct a significant amount of the wealth of the nation into a vanity project.

Exactly - the whole work till you die, literally, too bad we don't have that anymore. (just kidding)

Trilby · 03-14-2009, 05:13 PM

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Originally Posted by classicman

...the whole work till you die, literally, too bad we don't have that anymore. (just kidding)

Ayn Rand - she's not just for breakfast anymore.

03-14-2009, 01:56 PM	#32
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	I'm going to the store to prepare for the Ancient A's party. Anyone need anything? __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

03-14-2009, 02:09 PM	#33
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Yes, pick me up a ho... please. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

03-14-2009, 02:11 PM	#34
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	I'll see what's in stock, Bruce. I won't get you some bargain basement ho. Nothing but the best ho for you! __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

03-14-2009, 02:13 PM	#35
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Oh thank you. I'm flattered to know you care enough to give the very best. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

03-14-2009, 02:42 PM	#37
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Bu, but, then you'd miss the Ancient Astronauts. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

03-14-2009, 03:19 PM	#40
sugarpop Professor Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: the edge of the abyss Posts: 1,947	Well I am going to the store now to get some ale. Gotta have something to drink while watching the show. So are we going to discuss it here afterwards or something?

03-14-2009, 03:22 PM	#41
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	If the methods for building the pyramids were useful or applicable to real life needs, rather than just grandiose projects, they would have been applied and carried down as tribal knowledge. They may very well have, we don't know, but it doesn't matter because we have better ways of building pyramids today. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

03-14-2009, 03:26 PM	#43
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	The show makes the point that the "whole lotta labor" theory is pretty weak; there are still structures that would have been physically impossible without some kind of advanced systems to aid them. Then there's the "why" part of it. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

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