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Originally posted by stirling
There is a great deal of speculation about the megalithic structures...(some dated back to about 10000 yrs ago or indeterminate age)
Originally posted by skepticconwatcher
Originally posted by stirling
There is a great deal of speculation about the megalithic structures...(some dated back to about 10000 yrs ago or indeterminate age)
Where is the rest of the thread ?
Originally posted by Mads1987
reply to post by stirling
A few years ago I first heard of Edward Leedskin, and I was, and still am to this day, very impressed with his accomplishments. But at this point, I no longer think any anti-gravity was involved. Just a brilliant mathematical and methodical mind at work.
Same goes for all the completely awesome and amazing, ancient sites around the world - Derinkuyu City, Machu Picchu, Pyramids, Baalbek - all of them.
Jumping to anti-gravity is just to far fetched for me. There is no actual physical evidence, like anti-gravity producing tools, to be found nor anything in our history which would imply that this is the case. Just very big rocks, which have been moved and arranged in order. There is just as much basis for a theory about anti-gravity being used to build ancient megaliths, as there is for one having dinosaurs, aliens, extremely smart dolphins or Santa Claus help out. Just because there is no definitive answer it doesn't mean that any answer will apply, and in many cases there are actually pretty good explanations for how and why.
You might already be familiar with some or all of this stuff - but either way, here are a few links with information which convinced me that no 'magic' was involved in the construction of ancient monuments:
#url=http://www#youtube#com/watch?v=jD-EMOhbJ9U#Man builds Stone Henge in his backyard#/url#
This kind of technique might very well have been a big part of Leedskin's methods#
#url=http://www#youtube#com/watch?v=j9w-i5oZqaQ#Ancient Aliens Debunked#/url#
Personally I enjoyed the first seasons of Ancient Aliens a lot, especially because they introduced me to so many ancient sites# But as this great production shows, most of the theories introduced in the show can be debunked#
How to build a pyramid
And article which includes the most theory #the internal spiral ramp theory# on how the pyramids were constructed.
Simple fact is that our ancestors were extremely skilled workers and great mathematicians. They didn't waste half their day on Facebook.
With that said, I still think it might be possible to produce anti-gravity, but I doubt that it is just something we can figure out here.
Originally posted by LordGoofus
The secret to anti-gravity is learning how to manipulate the higgs boson. Seeing as it's the cause of mass, if we learn how to strip the higgs boson out of matter, then we've just created anti-gravity in a manner of speaking. To my understanding zero mass would mean gravity would have zero affect on the matter, and it would be ridiculously easy to accelerate it to the speed of light, possibly even beyond the speed of light.
Originally posted by Mads1987
reply to post by Revolution9
Thank you, I am glad you enjoyed my reply.
In some cases slaves did play larger roles in construction, but had it been slaves exclusively we wouldn't see the quality work that we do.
In the case of the pyramids, it is assumed that there was a sort of 'labour tax', in the sense that a precentage of your work had to be done for the state. I can see how many would consider this slavery, it was mandatory labour, but it is more complicated then that. But due to the logistic experince the Egyptians gained from these massive projects, they actually had a pretty good welfare system. They would collect exces food from those who had it and redistribute it amongst those who didn't. I imagine they aknowledge the fact that they needed each other.
In the case of Machu Picchu, the place was build by the people who lived there over the course of 150 years. The city was in constant expansion.
I think in many cases, the biggest problem is to imagine how long it has taken to build these places, and also the amount of people working on it.edit on 06/06/12 by Mads1987 because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by stirling
OOPS!
Sorry guys fat fingers i guess....
Please refer to the whole OP above
The potential for international and worth while projects here on this station is enormous....
I have often wondered why so few attempts are made to harness this huge resource base of thinking power.....
from things like remote viewing to (T&C violation) many many different and very out there theories and practices are basically scrubbed from the boards after a few thread killers or T&C violation....
I always hoped this site would turn into such a place...but it seems its just an ego flashing retort channel much of the time....
God i would hope that it will mature into something a little more adult someday....
This proposition, though a little" tongue in cheek" is after all a serious dream of mine that we can get things moving by sharing with everyone world wide our imaginings and our mathematical models alike....
fresh brain power is obviously needed to overcome the problems that beset us.
Am i making any freakin sense??
If this is deemed spurious Mods please deleteedit on 12-12-2012 by stirling because: (no reason given)edit on 12-12-2012 by stirling because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by lostbook
reply to post by stirling
Anti-gravity can't be too hard, the Ancients apparently used it to build the mega-structures which remain from the past.
Originally posted by lostbook
reply to post by Mads1987
Sound waves was speculated as one of the possible ways the Ancients lifted the massive stone structures into place when building their massive monuments. Sound levitation does exist but only at certain frequencies which I don't know those exact frequencies.
Originally posted by ManFromEurope
reply to post by stirling
Magnetism and gravity are not related. They are both forces, working via fields.