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First off, I get quite suspicious when there is no evidence, until certain questions are asked. It makes me think that the questions are framed, so that evidence can be pointed to, which fits an agenda, or pre-existing conclusion. The more usual scenario is that we see the evidence, and then start asking questions about it. In the case of the moving city, what questions are you referring to that started being asked ?
Isn't part of the
scientific method asking a question? Make an observation and then ask a question.
Remains of the past aren't always laying in plain sight. So how do archaeologist decide where to dig?
Archaeology EducationMore commonly, archaeological sites are buried beneath the surface and may be partially or totally invisible to the eye. How then do archaeologists even locate sites given such a situation? In the olden days of classical archaeology, explorers used ancient literary references to place names as guides in locating lost cities. For example, Heinrich Schliemann relied on literary references from Homer, his own hunches, and a little luck to find the ancient cities of Troy and Mycenae.
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Secondly, you say that the evidence shows up. Can you give me an outline of that evidence - or some links please ? (I know you have given us a hard time in the past, about insisting all the time upon evidence, but that's not relevant here, since you have actually referred, in your own post, to evidence showing up - I just want the details).
FEY has already said in
Message 9 that he can't remember the name of the city and is recalling a History Channel show.
In
Message 22, he tells how he remembers they reached their conclusions.
A document supposedly led them to look for physical evidence of the city.
FEY is a layperson and may not present his views as precise as his opposition wishes. When one says that "evidence shows up", they aren't saying it wasn't there and now it is, it just means we now see it or understand it.
IMO, he is simply saying that physical evidence isn't always in plain sight. Sometimes we have to go looking for it. A story or document may be the catalyst to start looking, to start asking questions. (FEY can correct me if I'm wrong.)
I don't see that pursuing the specifics of the TV show have anything to do with the GD topic. I suggest we stick to the issues of the GD.
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