Legends say China began in a great flood. Scientists just found evidence that the flood was real.
Interesting. Tales of floods are universal, but after listening to Magicians of the Gods, and the discussion of the Younger DRyas period and the cuase of it being aa cometary impact at 12.6 BC and another that ended it at 9.6 through global warming caused by ocean impacts and the resulting water vapor http://clouds.It shows that a lot of the tales told around the world as "myth" usually end up as having a basis in fact.
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However, the new thinking as to what caused the sudden melting of ice sheet creating a world wide flood was probably extreme cosmic radiation causing atmospheric rivers to pour down for days. It's likely our shields were low, maybe even worse than today. The other theory is the intrusion of Venus into our system, causing an electromagnetic discharge between the plants. Test were done demonstrating the effects...it matches the Egyptian pictographs of a ball with a red glow looking like the devil.
Also, many cultures having a similar mythology is not, as some have suggested, evidence of the validity of such mythologies. It could simply be from cross-cultural communication, or perhaps anthropological evidence of a common human ancestry with persistent traits to their folklore.
In the end, the fact still remains that there is no evidence to suggest that our entire planet was one submerged entirely under rainwater, and that it is entirely impossible to fit to every single species in the world onto a single floating vessel... Or at least any yet constructed by man.
Also, many cultures having a similar mythology is not, as some have suggested, evidence of the validity of such mythologies. It could simply be from cross-cultural communication, or perhaps anthropological evidence of a common human ancestry with persistent traits to their folklore.
In the end, the fact still remains that there is no evidence to suggest that our entire planet was one submerged entirely under rainwater, and that it is entirely impossible to fit to every single species in the world onto a single floating vessel... Or at least any yet constructed by man.
Also, many cultures having a similar mythology is not, as some have suggested, evidence of the validity of such mythologies. It could simply be from cross-cultural communication, or perhaps anthropological evidence of a common human ancestry with persistent traits to their folklore.
In the end, the fact still remains that there is no evidence to suggest that our entire planet was one submerged entirely under rainwater, and that it is entirely impossible to fit to every single species in the world onto a single floating vessel... Or at least any yet constructed by man.
I can't believe how hard it was to find this. I also can't believe in digging this out, that there (I can't find it now) is simple undergraduate calculations for the steady-state temperature based on the atmosphere constituents. It under predicts the temperature a bit, and second-order effects are responsible for differences. This simple model tells you right away that CO2 is not the fundamental, first-order cause.
Any one else know where to put their hands on this calculations? I think I found it in a round about way on the University of Arizona's site. Not surprised it is obscured now.
To be shown here, I just found a preferable silent short animation that displays how both the Mediterranean and the Black Sea were formed by breech flooding.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xQeE...
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/bla...
I think this notion of a great catastrophe wiping out decadence leaving behind the righteous is an innate human predilection that should be resisted.
Glad you were able to explore the past with Graham Hancock. He has made a very compelling case for an ancient forgotten civilization.
Plus no gradualism in the scablands.