RE: The Paradox of Power....
September 28, 2015 at 4:36 am
(This post was last modified: September 28, 2015 at 4:41 am by TheRocketSurgeon.)
Here, Huggy. I'm discussing the issue of the power of the storm that would have been required to flood the earth in this thread:
http://atheistforums.org/thread-36296-page-8.html
Read about the basic math (it's really just multiplication and division of simple figures) that will show you why the story cannot be true, and why Boru said to turn firehoses on the model.
According to NOVA, the Chinese claim is that the ships were 400' long, not 600', and that it's considered questionable because (yep, no steel structural supports were part of Chinese shipbuilding technology in the 1400s) of the problem of hogging.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/ancient/anc...orers.html
http://atheistforums.org/thread-36296-page-8.html
Read about the basic math (it's really just multiplication and division of simple figures) that will show you why the story cannot be true, and why Boru said to turn firehoses on the model.
(September 28, 2015 at 4:34 am)Parkers Tan Wrote:(September 28, 2015 at 2:56 am)Huggy74 Wrote: There are accounts of Chinese treasure ships from the 15th century, being up to 600' long.
... he said, with no reputable citation.
According to NOVA, the Chinese claim is that the ships were 400' long, not 600', and that it's considered questionable because (yep, no steel structural supports were part of Chinese shipbuilding technology in the 1400s) of the problem of hogging.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/ancient/anc...orers.html
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