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Originally posted by soficrow
...I apparently have more faith in our ancestors' powers of observation, analytical skills and intelligence than you do...
Myths persist because such correlations are historically supported - if they weren't, they would have died out eons ago.
You might find this thread interesting:
Science.com: China's 2 sun effect not fully explained by science.
And for what it's worth:
Several related atmospheric optical effects are fully explained by science. Sun dogs, sunset mirages, sun pillars and sun halos are all relatively common and well understood. But not this effect.
Originally posted by Soylent Green Is People
Originally posted by soficrow
...I apparently have more faith in our ancestors' powers of observation, analytical skills and intelligence than you do...
I have lots of faith in their intelligence; just not their knowledge (intelligence and knowledge are different).
I've argued before on ATS that ancient man (such as the Egyptians) were anatomically the same as us, so they had the same brains we have, and were capable of the same critical thinking and problem solving skills as us. However, they lacked our aggregated knowledge
Even intelligent people today who lack knowledge can misidentify a natural phenomenon and/or incorrectly correlate it with an preceding event.
Otherwise intelligent people can be misled if they lack knowledge. It's human nature to try to create an understanding of the world around them but that understanding can only be as good as their frame of reference provide by their knowledge base.
Myths persist because such correlations are historically supported - if they weren't, they would have died out eons ago.
…Intelligent people can devise clever and intelligent explanations of the world based on what they know. Add a little extra knowledge, and those otherwise clever explanations could be found to be wrong.
You might find this thread interesting:
Science.com: China's 2 sun effect not fully explained by science.
And for what it's worth:
Several related atmospheric optical effects are fully explained by science. Sun dogs, sunset mirages, sun pillars and sun halos are all relatively common and well understood. But not this effect.
I completely agree that IF this video is real (perhaps it could have been faked, or it could have been a reflection in a window, or it could be a camera lens reflection), our present knowledge of atmospheric optical phenomena does not explain it. However, our knowledge of atmospheric phenomena is most likely by no means 100% complete.
Originally posted by Soylent Green Is People
reply to post by soficrow
I understand you are not disputing the fact that this may be due to a "natural" phenomenon. I'm just saying that this natural phenomenon could just be atmospheric optics, and be completely normal and benign.
Originally posted by Soylent Green Is People
Originally posted by soficrow
...I apparently have more faith in our ancestors' powers of observation, analytical skills and intelligence than you do...
I have lots of faith in their intelligence; just not their knowledge (intelligence and knowledge are different).
(Nostradamus) C2, Q41
The great star will burn for seven days,
The cloud will make the sun appear double:
The large mastiff will howl all night
When the great pontiff changes his abode.
The fact that ancients saw the same optical illusion does not change that fact it was an optical illusion.
Originally posted by JanusFIN
I remember some Mayan prophecy from two suns when doomsday comes...