Okay, I get it. You really don't like Hancock and you think he's racist.
I was trying to have a dialog about the actual evidence of the theory that the Richat structure could have been home to an advanced civilization that was wiped out in a flood ~12-13,000 years ago.
Here is what interests me:
- What evidence supports the theory, what evidence falsifies the theory
- If it's inconclusive, what kind of evidence would we need to find to either prove of falsify, and where would we look for it.
Because you have dragged in Hancock and his "people" (whatever that means) into this, I find it really hard to have a constructive dialog with you about the actual evidence and theory. Do you have any interest in setting aside the big fat red herring?
Here goes my best effort:
"There are tons of people in the field right now developing the science and pursuing the truth."
There are tons of people pursuing archeological excavations of the Richat structure? If not, then what novel theories are the archeology community pursuing?
"Scientific Curiosity should never involve insisting something exists without evidence or any intention of looking for it."
I am not doing that, and you are responding to me. I am asking about a theory and what evidence proves or disproves it. All science starts with observations and theories. My intention was to have a respectful dialog about the topic of the article, hoping I might learn something.
"In science, a theory is a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world, based on a body of facts that have been repeatedly confirmed through observation and experiment"
Your idea, your concept, is that there's some huge missing gap in history. You haven't met the standard to expect other people to go and investigate things for you. You are free to take your idea, and go and seek approval to dig up the richat structure.
>what evidence falsifies the theory
No evidence falsifies the theory. First there isn't a theory, but second, the capital of atlantis will simply move somewhere else when evidence fails to be located.
>I find it really hard to have a constructive dialog with you about the actual evidence and theory
The chief proponents of the idea, are kind of relevant. They have 20 years or so of history, moving the goal posts all over the planet. Realistically, you should be looking at it like this:
1. Is there evidence to support your claims, if not, why not.
2. Is there evidence to support your intended course of action, if not, why not.
3. Go and find 2, and then seek 1.
I mean we have seen 1 and 2 unravel before you in this comment section. Theres no geologically sound "mud flood" or impact event that would explain why theres no evidence in the richat structure. Theres no visible evidence of atlantean civilisation in the Richat structure. Why do you expect some other person to go do labor when they have no reasonable expectation of results? Its hard enough for archeologists to get permits to dig where they have a reasonable expectation of findings. Putting down digs in the middle of the desert without a single reason to do so seems mad right? Its like asking a physicist to test gravity in the richat structure just in case it works differently there. Or a chemist to double check the atomic weight of helium on alternate tuesdays. If you are burdened with the glorious imagination that will free us from the shackles of incorrect history, why wouldnt you put that amazing talent to work yourself?
I was trying to have a dialog about the actual evidence of the theory that the Richat structure could have been home to an advanced civilization that was wiped out in a flood ~12-13,000 years ago.
Here is what interests me:
- What evidence supports the theory, what evidence falsifies the theory
- If it's inconclusive, what kind of evidence would we need to find to either prove of falsify, and where would we look for it.
Because you have dragged in Hancock and his "people" (whatever that means) into this, I find it really hard to have a constructive dialog with you about the actual evidence and theory. Do you have any interest in setting aside the big fat red herring?
Here goes my best effort:
"There are tons of people in the field right now developing the science and pursuing the truth."
There are tons of people pursuing archeological excavations of the Richat structure? If not, then what novel theories are the archeology community pursuing?
"Scientific Curiosity should never involve insisting something exists without evidence or any intention of looking for it."
I am not doing that, and you are responding to me. I am asking about a theory and what evidence proves or disproves it. All science starts with observations and theories. My intention was to have a respectful dialog about the topic of the article, hoping I might learn something.