11-09-2019, 06:26 AM
The logical part of my brain tends to agree with you. However, I would not be so quick to dismiss the knowledge of the ancient ones. I live near Newark, Ohio, a major site for Hopewell mounds. On the basis of their size alone, these man made mounds are amazing. (The Great Pyramid could fit in the largest mound.) However, ancient Hopewell knowledge extends far beyond building. We are in awe of the equinox alignment of Stonehenge, yet the Hopewell understood 18 1/2 year lunar cycles. They built a sixty mile long straight road. Considering how many of our present day buildings are neither plumb, square, or level, who is primitive?
The Hopewell left no written language. Unlike Chaco Canyon in New Mexico, Ohio is not considered a Land of Mystique. Nor do ancient Native Americans have the cultural draw to western culture that they would have had as possible lost tribes of Israel or unknown European explorers.
Our present day evolving knowledge is mind boggling. Our cultural appreciation sadly lags far behind. For every knife purchaser who would buy and treasure a wootz level knife, there are millions who would opt for the set of twenty four with shiny handles at the local discount store. Even in our new Mecca, Sydney, how many true believers forego the pleasures of owning a status automobile to collect wootz swords?
Our technology will only do what we want it to do. You tubes, like television or books, can broaden our knowledge or be the digital equivalent of comic books. With this exchange, we can post BESS readings almost instantaneously, which will be understood globally. What are the chances that I would ever have met Rupert, Mark, Grepper, Jan or Vadim (Wootz) without this exchange?
Our modern technology is like the talents given to the servants in the Biblical parable. We can choose to bury them for safekeeping or allow them to grow.
Ken
The Hopewell left no written language. Unlike Chaco Canyon in New Mexico, Ohio is not considered a Land of Mystique. Nor do ancient Native Americans have the cultural draw to western culture that they would have had as possible lost tribes of Israel or unknown European explorers.
Our present day evolving knowledge is mind boggling. Our cultural appreciation sadly lags far behind. For every knife purchaser who would buy and treasure a wootz level knife, there are millions who would opt for the set of twenty four with shiny handles at the local discount store. Even in our new Mecca, Sydney, how many true believers forego the pleasures of owning a status automobile to collect wootz swords?
Our technology will only do what we want it to do. You tubes, like television or books, can broaden our knowledge or be the digital equivalent of comic books. With this exchange, we can post BESS readings almost instantaneously, which will be understood globally. What are the chances that I would ever have met Rupert, Mark, Grepper, Jan or Vadim (Wootz) without this exchange?
Our modern technology is like the talents given to the servants in the Biblical parable. We can choose to bury them for safekeeping or allow them to grow.
Ken