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Conspiracy theorists have long pointed out the obviously drilled holes in stonework that was >5000 years old. Of course they want to attribute it to lost advanced technology, but the more believable answer is that ancient Egyptians had really refined mundane tools like a bow drill.

I still want to know how the scoop marks were made in the ancient quarries. What tool could do that?


After a search for scoop marks I found this (second image in particular). Is this what you mean?

https://www.reddit.com/r/AlternativeHistory/comments/u33lbj/...


Yes these are found in a few places in Egypt and notably some are dug vertically [0]. Along with these "scoop" marks there are a few tombs "boxes at serapeum" that have nearly perfectly squared off cuts and perfectly smooth surfaces. [1] These are the main points of contention

We are leaning into conspiracy theories / not accepted history but making these marks with the currently thought tools seems quite insensible, and are related to the article. Folks seem to think we have not found the real tools that created these structures. The vertical inward scoop marks are especially suspect.

[0] - https://www.theancientconnection.com/aswan-unfinished-obelis...

[1] - https://www.theancientconnection.com/megaliths/egypt/the-ser...


So they were right when questioning the chisel story?

Btw. the scoop marks are still a mystery. I would not classify people who are challenging the current narratives conspiracy theorists, they are skeptics really.


Polls aren't the end all be all of truth, and can be gamed. They are not a perfect measure, by a long shot.

While Wikipedia is terribly inaccurate and heavily biased, it can be a useful starting point for information on a topic. You have to take advantage of the links to other sources on the page, which often have a different conclusion than what is presented in the article!


This is the history of the world. This day and age is nothing special in that regard.


Except we are supposed to evolve as a species and as a civilization. Is slavery okay because “it’s always been done”?


The US increasingly rejects evolution, in every sense including this one.


It always has. Or at least tried to. Despite that the Civil Rights movement achieved massive success during a much more regressive period of US society. Trump represents a swing of the pendulum that has been brewing ever since. The election of Obama supercharged this reaction and incited panic in the white nationalist segments of the population. This too shall pass.


Slavery is not okay because the guys with the bigger guns said so. Read up on the civil war.


That’s why slavery “no longer exists in the US” (up for debate). That’s not what makes it morally unacceptable. Force doesn’t determine morality. It determines what happens. Your statement amounts to a tautology: “whatever happens is what happens”

And by the way, that’s not even the whole story. The civil rights movement succeeded without force or violence for the most part. So your whole framework is pretty flimsy I think.


> That’s not what makes it morally unacceptable.

Who decides what is morally unacceptable? Those with power.

> Force doesn’t determine morality.

Really? How else is morality enforced? Other than by force?

> It determines what happens.

What happens? Like deciding what is moral or not?

> Your statement amounts to a tautology: “whatever happens is what happens”

No it doesn't.


Can confirm that Magna-tiles score high on replayability and are way easier to clean up than Legos. My kids are teens now, but were the right age when these came out.

Lincoln Logs and Tinker Toys for a greener more affordable option.


It's not like we aren't drowning in entertainment options.

Food on the other hand, that's a real problem.


12 Fast and the Furious, 42 X-Men movies… yeah - drowning


Not to mention franchises like Star Wars, Marvel, Alien, Predator, Jurassic Park etc.


Speaking of anti-trust, all of those franchises save Jurassic Park are owned by Disney through mergers.


I'm still waiting for the "Alien vs Jurasic park". It must be a very entertaining movie. /s


Best you can get is Aliens vs Predator vs Terminator comic book (if you are 10 years old you can like it, it is betterr than most AvP stuff but that is a low hanging bar)

I mean the franchise didnt get anything top tier apart from Aliens labirynth and the vP 2 game from.. 2001?


Look back, not forward my dude. Plenty of good material from previous years. With the benefit of hindsight having filtered the crap out


MacOs and iOs are going off the rails. It is clear the CEO is not providing a vision, not guiding the direction, and not assuring the quality of those products.

While not as bad as Windows, which has way too many chefs in the kitchen, it is getting there.


Attached my old gaming rig to the TV to run Steam on it and it is a better experience than any consoles I have (being a gaming nerd I have everything from my old Atari 2600 and most mainstreams systems since then up to PS5).

This is good news to hear Valve going in strong for the console market.


same, I just attached my old laptop with nixos + steam + jellyfin, everything running on KDE and it's been super smooth so far.


Can't retailers just price everything to the nearest $.05 to begin with so there is nothing to round? I guess tax percentages screw that up. Nevermind.


For professional graphic designers, cinematographers, photographers, and illustrators these subtleties in the screen is a big deal.


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