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  • Re: netflix show aimed at idiots. "Ancient Apocalypse"

    From Gerald Kelleher@21:1/5 to RichA on Thu Dec 15 23:51:39 2022
    On Friday, December 16, 2022 at 7:19:20 AM UTC, RichA wrote:
    God, they've been harping on nonsense like this since I can remember.

    https://phys.org/news/2022-12-netflix-ancient-apocalypse-fiction-fact.html


    I never heard of the 'Galileo gambit' contained in that article-

    " A form of the association fallacy often used by those denying a well-established scientific or historical proposition is the so-called Galileo gambit. The argument runs thus: Galileo was ridiculed in his time for his scientific observations but was
    later acknowledged to be right; the proponent argues that since their non-mainstream views are provoking ridicule and rejection from other scientists, they will later be recognized as correct, like Galileo"

    All this rubbish is about being accepted by the academic community when the same crowd cannot work through the technical arguments of what is best from what is deficient in the case of Galileo and the emergence of a moving Earth in a Sun-centred system.

    It requires a new framework to handle the solar system structure and the motions of the planet around the central star that is only made possible by a 21st-century satellite-

    https://sol24.net/data/html/SOHO/C3/96H/VIDEO/

    Raising the standard of consideration in these matters doesn't require right/wrong, it only requires a healthy curiosity and a love of creation.

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  • From RichA@21:1/5 to All on Thu Dec 15 23:19:18 2022
    God, they've been harping on nonsense like this since I can remember.

    https://phys.org/news/2022-12-netflix-ancient-apocalypse-fiction-fact.html

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  • From Quadibloc@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Fri Dec 16 03:38:55 2022
    On Friday, December 16, 2022 at 12:51:41 AM UTC-7, [email protected] wrote:

    I never heard of the 'Galileo gambit' contained in that article-

    " A form of the association fallacy often used by those denying a well-established scientific
    or historical proposition is the so-called Galileo gambit. The argument runs thus: Galileo was
    ridiculed in his time for his scientific observations but was later acknowledged to be right;
    the proponent argues that since their non-mainstream views are provoking ridicule and
    rejection from other scientists, they will later be recognized as correct, like Galileo"

    I have never heard it _called_ "The Galileo Gambit", but I have heard of the technique,
    as I have read _Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science_ by Martin Gardner; an excellent
    book, of course. But when Velikovsky or someone else uses this technique, a comedian came
    up with the perfect reply... when a crackpot claims, "They laughed at [Robert] Fulton", it can be
    countered: "They also laughed at Bozo the Clown".

    John Savard

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  • From W@21:1/5 to Quadibloc on Fri Dec 16 04:12:32 2022
    On Friday, December 16, 2022 at 6:42:55 AM UTC-5, Quadibloc wrote:
    On Friday, December 16, 2022 at 4:17:29 AM UTC-7, W wrote:

    Another problem is that someone with a bachelor's degree in the
    subject will on average not do as well as someone with
    an MBA (?)
    This tends to reduce the demand for archaeology classes.

    No, I wrote BBA, not MBA.

    Someone with a BBA will get more interviews and job offers than with BA in liberal arts.

    Be more careful with your edits.

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  • From Quadibloc@21:1/5 to All on Fri Dec 16 03:42:53 2022
    On Friday, December 16, 2022 at 4:17:29 AM UTC-7, W wrote:

    Another problem is that someone with a bachelor's degree in the
    subject will on average not do as well as someone with
    an MBA (?)
    This tends to reduce the demand for archaeology classes.

    True enough. My suggestions from YouTube have informed me
    of another possible reason some people will be discouraged from
    taking archaeology classes in the near future.

    But apparently Disney has listened to the howls of fan outrage,
    and Indiana Jones will not be retroactively erased from history
    in order to make room for a female replacement, as it was previously
    feared...

    Yes, I heard about it from the guy keeping Harvey Cthulhu prisoner in
    his secret lair at the Earth's core...

    John Savard

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  • From W@21:1/5 to RichA on Fri Dec 16 03:17:27 2022
    On Friday, December 16, 2022 at 2:19:20 AM UTC-5, RichA wrote:
    God, they've been harping on nonsense like this since I can remember.

    https://phys.org/news/2022-12-netflix-ancient-apocalypse-fiction-fact.html

    It's really only "archaeology" and no physical or mental harm is being to done to anyone who decides not to watch it.

    The real archaeologists need to up their game and provide some entertaining and informative stuff based on actual, scientific, archaeology.

    They can't go around censoring stuff that they don't like, fact or fiction.

    Another problem is that someone with a bachelor's degree in the subject will on average not do as well as someone with a BBA. This tends to reduce the demand for archaeology classes.

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