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Re:Some ancient narratives contain remarkably reliable recor... by princekolt on Friday October 19, 2018 @10:50AM (#18257078)
To be fair the local people seem pretty close-minded about the origins of Gunung Padang. The local scientific community insists most of it is natural, and that because they found later evidence of less advanced technology, it is then impossible there was a more advanced culture previously there. However, this has been known to happen over and over again, with the most known example being the Mayans. At the same time, for a body of scientists, they seem pretty uninterested in finding the truth.
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Re:Some ancient narratives contain remarkably reliable recor... by WalterBright on Friday October 19, 2018 @03:00PM (#18259084)
> At the same time, for a body of scientists, they seem pretty uninterested in finding the truth.

There's no reason anyone who believes the accepted truth is wrong can't go do some research to prove otherwise. (Like Schliemann did.)

Expecting others to be obliged to investigate one's own crackpot theories isn't fair. Their reluctance to do so is not evidence of a conspiracy against the truth.

For example, in the 1970's a popular theory was that 100 mpg carburetors existed, and a vast conspiracy by Big Oil was suppressing all information about them. The proof of this conspiracy was, naturally, nobody was able to find any evidence of such carburetors.

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Re:Some ancient narratives contain remarkably reliable recor... by WalterBright on Friday October 19, 2018 @05:27PM (#18260189)
Just to add to that, scientists (especially young ones) would love to make their careers by proving existing theories wrong. Every physicist wants to be Einstein, every archaeologist wants to find a lost city, etc.
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