But when you x-ray it, you find you're looking at something that looks remarkably like a human hand- 5 jointed fingers, wrists bones etc. Thus the otherwise "hidden narrative" that might otherwise never have been suspected and eluded us, namely that whales evolved from land-based air-breathing mammals that subsequently returned to the oceans, adapting morphology that initially evolved for entirely different land-basedl purposes.
Hooray: the preamble has posted. Now let's try the next passage, starting with a link to my own site (which may or may not be the sticking point):
http://colinb-sciencebuzz.blogspot.co.uk/2009/11/origins-of-life-nucleic...
At the risk of appearing to contradict myself, maybe we need to look to Darwinian evolution and its processes of adaptation and natural selection to understand why we are at a loss to understand how DNA can avoid the chicken-and-egg conundrum. Wrong analogy (chickens and eggs). Think a whale flipper instead, nicely adapted to a marine existence.
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Let's test just the preamble first (the first half having failed to post):
Title:Think prebiotic palaeo-DNA, with a now extinct function as sunscreen for chemical synthesis:
Wow. As forum comments go, that's a juggernaut if ever there was, one perhaps best to let by, hoping it hasn't caused too much damage to the foundations. So many trailers on that juggernaut have been hitched together, like Big Bang and evolution, like evolution and biogenesis, which if the truth be told is an attempt maybe to impose some kind order, dare one say design, where no order exists. (Polite reminder: There could have been a Big Bang without evolution of life, and there can be correct ideas about evolution which make no attempt to explain the origin of life).
However, it was the introductory passage that caught this science blogger's attention, expressed admirably in simple terms, basically asking how there can be biogenesis of DNA without pre-existing DNA as a template. It's a valid and challenging question, one I addressed briefly some years ago:
(Great, we have a Verification box - motoring at last). Now to hit the SEND button.
This splendid site is for some reason not accepting my comment posted to another topic (Cuban submarine structures). I've tried ringing all kinds of changes without success. If this comment posts, then I'll try the 'blocked' one here.
If the comment (on palaeo-DNA) does not appear afterwards, then there's summin' wrong with the comment (despite being non-controversial, or so I imagined).
It's looking promising so far - having obtained the verification box this time- which failed to appear on all earlier tests this morning in the UK, bar a short tester like this one.
Yeah. Gotta love the complete inattention to how these were carved(inattention of the scientists, not the author of the article), since they only become visible for a few hours every decade or so...while simultaneously suggesting that they may be "centuries old". Last I checked, sea levels have supposedly been fairly stable since about 10k BC.
We live within a universe that is in excess of 14,000,000,000 years old, on a planet that is about 4,000,000,000 years old, in a biosphere that has existed for up to 2,000,000,000 years; modern humans have been around for perhaps 250,000 years, though only 8,000 years of that is recorded history. Modern science has been around for 400 years or so, and current scientists have been here for 80-100 years tops, more like 40, on average.
So when they say "extraordinary", they base that on their experience of roughly %0.00032 of the sum total of humanity's period of existence, and about %0.00000004 of the timespan of life on earth.
A bit lacking in the credibility department in terms of being able to define what is or is not "extraordinary", don't you think?
Thanks for your comment! I'm glad you enjoyed the article.
I think the expanding earth theory is somewhat plausible. But shouldn't we be able to measure expansion if it is really happening? Do you know of any attempts to detect this expansion?
I think the discoverers of this underwater city just gave up trying to get funding for the follow-up expeditions and moved on with their lives...and since the city is in Cuban territorial waters, there's a lot of political red tape, especially if any Americans would be involved..
Thanks for you comment. Geologists would argue that these canyons could have been carved over millions of years by the erosive action of suspended sediments carried by the river as it flowed into the ocean...What do you think about this?
Do you have any solid evidence that this is taking place? It seems like Google would be the last company to censor information in this manner unless there were military or government secrets involved.
Thanks for your comment. I believe the "city" couldn't have collapsed hundreds of meters via some large and sudden crustal movement because its structures are so well-preserved and seemingly in a pristine condition. (Assuming that you accept that it exists, and that the 3D representations of the city's sounding by side-scan sonar are accurate).
I completely disagree that "regular traffic" of horse-drawn carts could make such deep ruts in stone. I know that is the mainstream view, but it is absolutely preposterous.
Dr. Schock is anything but "unscientific". His willingness to risk his academic credibility and career in order to stay true the science of geology was amply demonstrated in the matter of the Sphinx enclosure. He made no friends in academia in that matter...but he became a favorite among alternative history reasearchers and enthusiasts.
Later, his expressed views that the Bosnian pyramid and the Yonaguni monument off the coast of Japan were natural formations angered the alternative people. Again, it appears that his primary goal was to follow the science as he saw it, regardless of who it might upset.
Perhaps he is incorrect in his assessments of the Bosnian site. I don't know. But being wrong does not make him unscientific.
Here you can navigate quickly through all comments made in any article sorted by date/time.
But when you x-ray it, you find you're looking at something that looks remarkably like a human hand- 5 jointed fingers, wrists bones etc. Thus the otherwise "hidden narrative" that might otherwise never have been suspected and eluded us, namely that whales evolved from land-based air-breathing mammals that subsequently returned to the oceans, adapting morphology that initially evolved for entirely different land-basedl purposes.
Hooray: the preamble has posted. Now let's try the next passage, starting with a link to my own site (which may or may not be the sticking point):
http://colinb-sciencebuzz.blogspot.co.uk/2009/11/origins-of-life-nucleic...
At the risk of appearing to contradict myself, maybe we need to look to Darwinian evolution and its processes of adaptation and natural selection to understand why we are at a loss to understand how DNA can avoid the chicken-and-egg conundrum. Wrong analogy (chickens and eggs). Think a whale flipper instead, nicely adapted to a marine existence.
Great. Have obtained a Verification box. Hit SEND for 2nd instalment.
Let's test just the preamble first (the first half having failed to post):
Title:Think prebiotic palaeo-DNA, with a now extinct function as sunscreen for chemical synthesis:
Wow. As forum comments go, that's a juggernaut if ever there was, one perhaps best to let by, hoping it hasn't caused too much damage to the foundations. So many trailers on that juggernaut have been hitched together, like Big Bang and evolution, like evolution and biogenesis, which if the truth be told is an attempt maybe to impose some kind order, dare one say design, where no order exists. (Polite reminder: There could have been a Big Bang without evolution of life, and there can be correct ideas about evolution which make no attempt to explain the origin of life).
However, it was the introductory passage that caught this science blogger's attention, expressed admirably in simple terms, basically asking how there can be biogenesis of DNA without pre-existing DNA as a template. It's a valid and challenging question, one I addressed briefly some years ago:
(Great, we have a Verification box - motoring at last). Now to hit the SEND button.
http://www.dopotopa.com/dorogi_neogenovogo_vremeni_frigia_turtsia.html
Almost of all archaeology and ancient history, whether official or not, is filled with conjecture.
They're not airbrushing anything; the satellites can't see the ocean floor. Too much ocean in the way.
This splendid site is for some reason not accepting my comment posted to another topic (Cuban submarine structures). I've tried ringing all kinds of changes without success. If this comment posts, then I'll try the 'blocked' one here.
If the comment (on palaeo-DNA) does not appear afterwards, then there's summin' wrong with the comment (despite being non-controversial, or so I imagined).
It's looking promising so far - having obtained the verification box this time- which failed to appear on all earlier tests this morning in the UK, bar a short tester like this one.
A lack of lines denotes a spiritual site? Why is that?
Yeah. Gotta love the complete inattention to how these were carved(inattention of the scientists, not the author of the article), since they only become visible for a few hours every decade or so...while simultaneously suggesting that they may be "centuries old". Last I checked, sea levels have supposedly been fairly stable since about 10k BC.
Cofferdams, maybe?
Wow. Some of those statues look a whole lot like the megalithic statues found in Sulawesi.
I agree, the reasons for the lack of follow-up on this is probably political. Too bad...I'd love to see some new imaging attempts, at least.
By the way, I thoroughly enjoyed this article as well. Your hypothesis is original and compelling, IMO.
Yeah? Who decides what is "extraordinary"?
We live within a universe that is in excess of 14,000,000,000 years old, on a planet that is about 4,000,000,000 years old, in a biosphere that has existed for up to 2,000,000,000 years; modern humans have been around for perhaps 250,000 years, though only 8,000 years of that is recorded history. Modern science has been around for 400 years or so, and current scientists have been here for 80-100 years tops, more like 40, on average.
So when they say "extraordinary", they base that on their experience of roughly %0.00032 of the sum total of humanity's period of existence, and about %0.00000004 of the timespan of life on earth.
A bit lacking in the credibility department in terms of being able to define what is or is not "extraordinary", don't you think?
Thanks for your comment! I'm glad you enjoyed the article.
I think the expanding earth theory is somewhat plausible. But shouldn't we be able to measure expansion if it is really happening? Do you know of any attempts to detect this expansion?
I think the discoverers of this underwater city just gave up trying to get funding for the follow-up expeditions and moved on with their lives...and since the city is in Cuban territorial waters, there's a lot of political red tape, especially if any Americans would be involved..
Thanks for you comment. Geologists would argue that these canyons could have been carved over millions of years by the erosive action of suspended sediments carried by the river as it flowed into the ocean...What do you think about this?
I'm not so sure about dinosaurs, but I would agree with you on there being lots of dead creatures!
Do you have any solid evidence that this is taking place? It seems like Google would be the last company to censor information in this manner unless there were military or government secrets involved.
Thanks for your comment. I believe the "city" couldn't have collapsed hundreds of meters via some large and sudden crustal movement because its structures are so well-preserved and seemingly in a pristine condition. (Assuming that you accept that it exists, and that the 3D representations of the city's sounding by side-scan sonar are accurate).
Hmm how about more information about the painter himself too? Maybe he knew things about Dee which were hidden?
I completely disagree that "regular traffic" of horse-drawn carts could make such deep ruts in stone. I know that is the mainstream view, but it is absolutely preposterous.
Dr. Schock is anything but "unscientific". His willingness to risk his academic credibility and career in order to stay true the science of geology was amply demonstrated in the matter of the Sphinx enclosure. He made no friends in academia in that matter...but he became a favorite among alternative history reasearchers and enthusiasts.
Later, his expressed views that the Bosnian pyramid and the Yonaguni monument off the coast of Japan were natural formations angered the alternative people. Again, it appears that his primary goal was to follow the science as he saw it, regardless of who it might upset.
Perhaps he is incorrect in his assessments of the Bosnian site. I don't know. But being wrong does not make him unscientific.
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