PROOF OF GOD

Willowtree Well what an interseting bit of lore. Perhaps we could bring to bear just a little scepticism to the table.First we have this item I cannot yet say but I am downloading a software package that will allow me to reverse the night sky into the past while watching the constellations. I will be able to verify whether Alpha Draconus was indeed in the location necessary to qualify as the pole star but I think at the moment that such is not the case.Regardless we need to also ask how they were able to determine the polar axis on a direct course through the center of the planet.Given that the north star was Alpha Draconus {yet to be verified} we need the other half of the equation which is a perfectly aligned star to determine the location of the south polar axis.Now I do not believe that there is much in the way of likelihood of such a occuence actually coming together between the northern and southern skies.But in order for a proper determination of this, We require both these to be present otherwise we have no way of determining the actual axis of the Earth.{nor does anybody else.}Please see if you can bring this information to the table while I run the software to determine locations of stars in 2141 B.C.This message has been edited by sidelined, 06-17-2004 08:29 PM

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You paddle your kayak up the river from your camp to fetch your camera which you left on a rock upstream a bit. The river flows at a uniform 2 mi/hr. You paddle (on still water) at a uniform 3 mi/hr. It takes 30 minutes to reach your camera. If you paddle all the way back to your camp, how long will the return trip take?

WILLOWTREE By refutation do you mean show that the scholarship is not worth anything as far as giving him an advantage over,say, a PHD on physics or chemistry.In the areas of physics and biology he would be hopelessly lost as we can see by a outline of his philosophy of education course.Philosophy of EducationDegree Offered: PhDIt is expected that the philosopher of education trained at Stanford will be able to1. analyze and clarify concepts and chains of reasoning used by teachers, researchers, administrators,
and policymakers;
2. assess arguments and clarify the rhetoric of educational debates;
3. identify implicit assumptions in such arguments or statements;
4. enter into productive exchange with researchers or policymakers in at least one branch of social or
human science;
5. place educational issues, and issues arising from the social sciences, into a broader philosophical
and sociocultural context.Graduates of this SSE subconcentration traditionally become college or university professors of the philosophy of education in departments or schools of education. However, a few graduates have secured joint or courtesy appointments in a school of education and a department of philosophy because of the intensive training in the minor field of general philosophy (many students take a master's degree in philosophy or philosophy of science).It is a certainty that he has a generalized overview of areas of social sciences and would be unable to argue in areas of the "hard sciences". This leads me to asking if we can continue discussion of the "sacred inch" we were engaging in earlier. I will endevour to keep in contact but I am in the middle of a move and I am working 7 days a week for probably the rest of summer so please bear with any delays.Talk at you later.

WillowtreeFrom post 73 Just a little note to state that I am still awaiting your response

WILLOWTREEThis is a quote from a previous post of yours. In order for the distance to the pole to pole distance to be measured{of which the sacred inch is 1/500,000,000th part} it is necessary to determine where those poles are.Alpha Draconis {Thuban} was indeed the pole star in 2141,however it was not as close to earths polar axis as Polaris is today. The reason for the the locating of the southern pole star {Which could not have been located by the people in Egypt ever} is that this is the means by which we would be able to locate the southern pole which helps define the distance of the pole to pole rotational axis of the Earth necessary for accurately determining the sacred inch. Since we only have the location of north determined and not even very precisely then such a measurement is not very dependable is it?Thuban's pole star position is given at this sitePage not found | Astronomy at Illinois

I was not arguing the use of the pole star for the purpose of direction of the north pole. Willowtree is trying to establish that the "sacred inch" is 1/500,000,000 th part of the pole to pole distance. The use of Thuban to determine this would not be enough on its own.So what the hell did they measure the 1/500,000,000th part of I cannot tell.This message has been edited by sidelined, 06-25-2004 05:05 PM

WillowtreeSorry I have been away for awhile but I was wondering if you could respond to my point in Post #217 concerning the determination of the sacred inch and if you could tell me your source that claims to have determined this sacred inch so that I may see for myself the way in which it was arrived at.