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The Human Mind
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The Human Mind
March 17, 2014 at 12:16 am
Is the human mind getting better? worse? or the same?

So i had a discussion with my dad about religion and im sure you know how that went. But it ended with the xian argument of ignorance - "How on earth were they able to create the pyramids?", im sure yall are familiar with that claim which has been answered by historians. So it led me to think, because of the discoveries in mechanics that have led us to have the mechanics that we have now, were our minds better? and have gotten worse? OR are we better now and are simply progressing? or are we the same?

The part of being the same is a bit misleading:
See, when we were in the ancient greek times, they would agree to be intelligent based on the technology they had back then. As well are we in the same position based on what we have but what about the next thousand years?

What are your thoughts?
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RE: The Human Mind
March 17, 2014 at 3:56 pm
We all know that the pyramids were nuclear reactors put there by aliens,
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RE: The Human Mind
March 17, 2014 at 4:02 pm
My mind is getting worse. I can't remember shit if I don't write it down.
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RE: The Human Mind
March 18, 2014 at 12:26 am
(March 17, 2014 at 3:56 pm)FreeTony Wrote: We all know that the pyramids were nuclear reactors put there by aliens,

omg, no... where on earth did you get this from?
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RE: The Human Mind
March 18, 2014 at 2:20 am
Pyramids are not fucking complicated. Put bunch of rocks together. Get a fuckton of sand. Put some more rocks. Don't forget that it required fuckton of slaves and fuckton of years. Nothing miraculous about it AT ALL.
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RE: The Human Mind
March 18, 2014 at 6:59 am (This post was last modified: March 18, 2014 at 7:09 am by bennyboy.)
(March 18, 2014 at 2:20 am)tor Wrote: Pyramids are not fucking complicated. Put bunch of rocks together. Get a fuckton of sand. Put some more rocks. Don't forget that it required fuckton of slaves and fuckton of years. Nothing miraculous about it AT ALL.

I think that's a bit dismissive. A computer? Nothing miraculous-- just put a bunch of silicon, plastic, and metal together.

The point is that the pyramids are constructions of the highest possible precision, made by people whose tools were presumably too crude for the job.
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RE: The Human Mind
March 18, 2014 at 7:01 am
(March 18, 2014 at 6:59 am)bennyboy Wrote:
(March 18, 2014 at 2:20 am)tor Wrote: Pyramids are not fucking complicated. Put bunch of rocks together. Get a fuckton of sand. Put some more rocks. Don't forget that it required fuckton of slaves and fuckton of years. Nothing miraculous about it AT ALL.

I think that's a bit dismissive. A computer? Nothing miraculous-- just put a bunch of silicon, plastic, and metal together.

The point is that the pyramids are constructions of the highest possible precision, made by people whose tools were presumably too crude for the job.
Hahaha. Oh no. I've been to egypt myself. Pyramids are cool but they are not THAT precise.
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RE: The Human Mind
March 18, 2014 at 7:04 am
There are also several older pyramids that are not so triangular. It took them a few generations and alot of trial and error until they found a way for the structure to remain triangular.
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RE: The Human Mind
March 18, 2014 at 7:06 am
Also there was Meidum pyramid which collapsed because they failed so hard at building it.
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RE: The Human Mind
March 18, 2014 at 4:15 pm
The Pyramids were nothing supernatural. It's not hard to understand how they came to be. Slavery is great, though, yeah?
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