Re:An Ice Core Reveals the Economic Health of the Roman Empire
by snambi on Tuesday May 15, 2018 @04:46PM
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How could they assume the lead level changes are caused by Romans? They are separated by 4600 kilometers. That seems far fetched.
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Re:An Ice Core Reveals the Economic Health of the Roman Empire
by noselasd on Tuesday May 15, 2018 @04:53PM
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Not sure why it's so far fetched ? Romans used industrial processing techniques known to put lead into the atmosphere, while other civilizations at that time did to any large extent not
Re:An Ice Core Reveals the Economic Health of the Roman Empire
by snambi on Tuesday May 15, 2018 @07:01PM
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The greenland is too far from Rome. The lead levels could be from anywhere on earth.
Re:An Ice Core Reveals the Economic Health of the Roman Empire
by llukas on Tuesday May 15, 2018 @07:02PM
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You contradict yourself.
Re:An Ice Core Reveals the Economic Health of the Roman Empire
by CoolAndComposed on Tuesday May 15, 2018 @07:19PM
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Just because we know the Romans used lead, doesn't mean they were the only ones or the only possible cause (both unknown unknowns). There's no contradiction, there's an unshared set of assumptions.
Re:An Ice Core Reveals the Economic Health of the Roman Empire
by lawlessone on Wednesday May 16, 2018 @10:16AM
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Yeah i think Julius Ceasar global leadening was a conspriacy by China /s
Re:An Ice Core Reveals the Economic Health of the Roman Empire
by CoolAndComposed on Wednesday May 16, 2018 @12:15PM
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How does that random thought happen?
Re:An Ice Core Reveals the Economic Health of the Roman Empire
by 8bitsrule on Wednesday May 23, 2018 @11:46PM
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Well, your second sentence is true. But since the levels seem to rise and fall with conditions in Rome - a known polluter with known health problems from lead - it is a very likely source of those levels.
Scientists create hypotheses on the basis of information available to them; if more information arrives, the hypotheses are (eventually) adjusted accordingly. They're not meant to be taken as absolute assertions.