For generations, people in my local area have believed there was a large Roman fort in the area. Historians had long dismissed the claims as folklore as no Roman archaeology had been found this far west with the local tribe largely being left alone bar for trade.
The Mabinogion mentions the emperor had a fort in the area around 1700 years ago during our wars with scotland, but that book mixes myth and legend with fact in generous amounts and had only existed as a verbal story for centuries before being written down in the middle ages.
But after nearly 2000 years we've been proved right. So, should we consider other ancient stories from around the world as potentially true despite any hard evidence? Do the worlds myths actually have a basis in fact?
Should we dismiss ancient tales because of lack of physical evidence?
Nope. That would be wildly ignorant. Did you know that four centuries passed between sailors’ earliest written word descriptions of giant squids and the first one being brought to shore as undeniable proof of their existence. Thousands of years before that, people were etching and painting imagery of giant cephalopods on artifacts. Yet “scientists” flat out denied the very possibility. Sperm whales with scars from battling with giant squids, one of their favorite foods, were shown to scientists. They scoffed. Remnants of partially digested giant squids were even recovered from the stomachs of those whales. It was declared an elaborate hoax. Even when the first mostly intact giant squid was brought to shore for proof, scientists claimed it was a continuation of the same elaborate hoax until they were allowed to seize the creature and perform tests on it. Afterwards, the scientists who had long claimed that no such animal exists took full credit for their “discovery”, and mentioned absolutely NOTHING about the men who brought it to shore; let alone the THOUSANDS who had experienced and witnessed giant squids for CENTURIES before. Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence. Furthermore, lots of idiots would rather elevate the threshold for “evidence” or deny it outright than admit to having been wrong. This includes a great many college educated morons who insist on being called “doctor” but have literally done nothing of note in their entire lifetimes.
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Often when there is actual evidence if it doesn't fit into the established history its ignored.
Why does every ancient culture speak of a major flood and disaster before civilisation started and wise beings coming from the sea teaching survivors agriculture, animal husbandry, architecture, mathematics, astronomy.
Any evidence of civilisation over 50000 years is ignored.
people believe in God with no evidence? I don't get it. Science is so advanced now were using computers and making progress on Nuclear Fusion and 3D printing body parts soon and you believe this.
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Nope. That would be wildly ignorant.
Did you know that four centuries passed between sailors’ earliest written word descriptions of giant squids and the first one being brought to shore as undeniable proof of their existence. Thousands of years before that, people were etching and painting imagery of giant cephalopods on artifacts.
Yet “scientists” flat out denied the very possibility. Sperm whales with scars from battling with giant squids, one of their favorite foods, were shown to scientists. They scoffed. Remnants of partially digested giant squids were even recovered from the stomachs of those whales. It was declared an elaborate hoax.
Even when the first mostly intact giant squid was brought to shore for proof, scientists claimed it was a continuation of the same elaborate hoax until they were allowed to seize the creature and perform tests on it. Afterwards, the scientists who had long claimed that no such animal exists took full credit for their “discovery”, and mentioned absolutely NOTHING about the men who brought it to shore; let alone the THOUSANDS who had experienced and witnessed giant squids for CENTURIES before.
Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence. Furthermore, lots of idiots would rather elevate the threshold for “evidence” or deny it outright than admit to having been wrong. This includes a great many college educated morons who insist on being called “doctor” but have literally done nothing of note in their entire lifetimes.
Often when there is actual evidence if it doesn't fit into the established history its ignored.
Why does every ancient culture speak of a major flood and disaster before civilisation started and wise beings coming from the sea teaching survivors agriculture, animal husbandry, architecture, mathematics, astronomy.
Any evidence of civilisation over 50000 years is ignored.
people believe in God with no evidence? I don't get it. Science is so advanced now were using computers and making progress on Nuclear Fusion and 3D printing body parts soon and you believe this.
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