> Jim wrote: > The specificity of the prediction alone sets my bullshit detector clanging. >
Mine too, which is why I read the book. To be fair, the book doesn't use this date as the prediction, it simply points out that that's what an ancient culture had said. It further ties that date to astronomy and modern gravity theory and says that the date corresponds with a known alignment of planets with known gravitational impact. As to the construction of the pyramids, I'd say that given there are only 2 cranes in the world today (which take 6 months to set up) that can lift a 200 ton block of granite 1 inch off the ground, that the supposition that a bunch of dudes with ropes and pulleys could not only lift the block 400 feet off the ground, but place it at half a hair's width, is stretching it. I don't think that's an insult; it's a compliment. Somebody likely had some pretty sophisticated technology that we lack and clearly don't understand. Why would we discount that possibility? Because we're so smart that we must know about every phenomena that can be utilized to lift heavy stuff? I've had enough college engineering to know that ain't true! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion MX7 and Flex 2 Build sales & marketing dashboard RIAâs for your business. Upgrade now http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2?sdid=RVJT Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:236438 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
