Comments on: The Relics of Mu http://www.damninteresting.com/the-relics-of-mu A collection of Damn Interesting things Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:57:58 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: DeLuzional http://www.damninteresting.com/the-relics-of-mu#comment-25497 DeLuzional Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:23:46 +0000 http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=725#comment-25497 [quote]James said: "It seams strange to me that this was discovered twenty years ago and it has not been studied at greater length other than by tourists. You would think some anthropologist from some university would get a grant to go study this. (Which is not that hard to do or at least not far fetched) there is a lot of money floating around out there for this kind of stuff. It has the potential to turn a lot of accepted theories on their head. I’m not saying that there is a conspiracy here but sometimes it is hard to go against an already established idea. There could be other explanations for it but the pictures that are here sure look manmade to me."[/quote] My word! Its plain to me now, "we" are not studying it because "we" built it! Top secret Gov. base.... [quote]James said: “It seams strange to me that this was discovered twenty years ago and it has not been studied at greater length other than by tourists. You would think some anthropologist from some university would get a grant to go study this. (Which is not that hard to do or at least not far fetched) there is a lot of money floating around out there for this kind of stuff. It has the potential to turn a lot of accepted theories on their head. I’m not saying that there is a conspiracy here but sometimes it is hard to go against an already established idea. There could be other explanations for it but the pictures that are here sure look manmade to me.”[/quote]
My word! Its plain to me now, “we” are not studying it because “we” built it! Top secret Gov. base….

]]> By: jackmagic http://www.damninteresting.com/the-relics-of-mu#comment-25479 jackmagic Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:27:53 +0000 http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=725#comment-25479 of course there are lost civilisations! they all moved to the centre of the earth to live with the lizard people, occasionally sending out special agents to the surface, all named 'Bush' - the key word there is special of course there are lost civilisations! they all moved to the centre of the earth to live with the lizard people, occasionally sending out special agents to the surface, all named ‘Bush’ – the key word there is special

]]> By: Mirage_GSM http://www.damninteresting.com/the-relics-of-mu#comment-22972 Mirage_GSM Wed, 01 Oct 2008 08:58:23 +0000 http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=725#comment-22972 While right angles do form naturally, this area seems to have quite a few right angles very close together. I have no problem admitting our ancestors might have had the ability to create such a structure. So, while I'm not sure the site was created artificially, I think it would be worth the trouble to have a closer look with adaequate equipment. While right angles do form naturally, this area seems to have quite a few right angles very close together. I have no problem admitting our ancestors might have had the ability to create such a structure.
So, while I’m not sure the site was created artificially, I think it would be worth the trouble to have a closer look with adaequate equipment.

]]> By: Chris Anthony http://www.damninteresting.com/the-relics-of-mu#comment-22039 Chris Anthony Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:20:34 +0000 http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=725#comment-22039 [quote]HiEv said: "Well, "common sense" also tells you that ... a heavy sphere falls faster than a light sphere..."[/quote] For what it's worth, common sense is actually right here. It's just not obviously right, and the scale of its rightness is so infinitesimal as to be functionally unobservable. If sphere A masses twice as much as sphere B, it will fall faster than sphere B - but it will be accelerating at something close to (sphere B's mass)*10^-17 m/s^2 faster. (10^-17m is about 1/100 the size of a single proton, so - like I said - it's functionally unobservable. But the increase is there.) [quote]HiEv said: “Well, “common sense” also tells you that … a heavy sphere falls faster than a light sphere…”[/quote]

For what it’s worth, common sense is actually right here. It’s just not obviously right, and the scale of its rightness is so infinitesimal as to be functionally unobservable. If sphere A masses twice as much as sphere B, it will fall faster than sphere B – but it will be accelerating at something close to (sphere B’s mass)*10^-17 m/s^2 faster. (10^-17m is about 1/100 the size of a single proton, so – like I said – it’s functionally unobservable. But the increase is there.)

]]> By: HiEv http://www.damninteresting.com/the-relics-of-mu#comment-17582 HiEv Tue, 09 Oct 2007 16:42:27 +0000 http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=725#comment-17582 Well, "common sense" also tells you that the Earth is flat, a heavy sphere falls faster than a light sphere, and that if X amount of a drug is good, then 2X is twice as good. All of that "common sense" is usually quite wrong when actually examined. Still these are not "perfect 90 degree angles," as you can see in the photos they're chipped and slightly rounded. Anyways, it wouldn't matter if they were formed under water or from a lost civilization, you would get the same wear pattern with either origin. Rocks both <i>can</i> and <i>do</i> break off at right angles under certain rare circumstances. See, for example, the similar <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant's_Causeway" rel="nofollow">Giant's Causeway</a> (mentioned by Leighther above) which has rocks that break off in mostly hexagonal columns. Also, I grew up near <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devils_Tower_National_Monument" rel="nofollow">Devils Tower</a> (as seen in <i>Close Encounters of the Third Kind</i>), which has tremendous columns of rock with unusually straight edges. Both of those are natural formations, not the ruins of a lost civilization. This is why one has to be careful of "common sense," it can easily lead to error in areas with unusual, contradictory, or non-obvious information. Finding a lost civilization is a pleasant, romantic idea, but how much you like an idea does not affect what is most probable based on all of the evidence. Well, “common sense” also tells you that the Earth is flat, a heavy sphere falls faster than a light sphere, and that if X amount of a drug is good, then 2X is twice as good. All of that “common sense” is usually quite wrong when actually examined. Still these are not “perfect 90 degree angles,” as you can see in the photos they’re chipped and slightly rounded. Anyways, it wouldn’t matter if they were formed under water or from a lost civilization, you would get the same wear pattern with either origin. Rocks both can and do break off at right angles under certain rare circumstances. See, for example, the similar Giant’s Causeway (mentioned by Leighther above) which has rocks that break off in mostly hexagonal columns. Also, I grew up near Devils Tower (as seen in Close Encounters of the Third Kind), which has tremendous columns of rock with unusually straight edges. Both of those are natural formations, not the ruins of a lost civilization. This is why one has to be careful of “common sense,” it can easily lead to error in areas with unusual, contradictory, or non-obvious information.

Finding a lost civilization is a pleasant, romantic idea, but how much you like an idea does not affect what is most probable based on all of the evidence.

]]> By: Pup http://www.damninteresting.com/the-relics-of-mu#comment-17579 Pup Tue, 09 Oct 2007 05:02:18 +0000 http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=725#comment-17579 They look man made, from a lost civilization maybe. I also have difficulty visualizing these improbable right angles being formed under water. The currents are so strong, how can the angles be so perfect? With so much movement they would be more rounded not perfect 90 degree angles. That's just common sense. Very cool article! They look man made, from a lost civilization maybe. I also have difficulty visualizing these improbable right angles being formed under water. The currents are so strong, how can the angles be so perfect? With so much movement they would be more rounded not perfect 90 degree angles. That’s just common sense. Very cool article!

]]> By: belyaun http://www.damninteresting.com/the-relics-of-mu#comment-17464 belyaun Sun, 30 Sep 2007 04:30:11 +0000 http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=725#comment-17464 Didn't some Japanese mangaka create a manga with these ruins in it anout scuba diving... Didn’t some Japanese mangaka create a manga with these ruins in it anout scuba diving…

]]> By: EZer0 http://www.damninteresting.com/the-relics-of-mu#comment-15085 EZer0 Tue, 22 May 2007 10:10:38 +0000 http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=725#comment-15085 <p>Let us praise the Green One Cathooloo!</p> Let us praise the Green One Cathooloo!

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