The Mayan calendar might represent a longer timescale than previously considered
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#3This implies that the Mayan must have been recording the positions of the planets with great accuracy over a rather long period of time, probably spanning several generations.
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Odd, all I can think of in contrast of this supposition is how many women’s accomplishments in history have been subdued or co-opted by men.
There is plenty of evidence of that, but none I can think of to confirm the ham-fisting you’re describing.
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#5Sounds like a "guess" rather than a "solution". They have noticed a numerical coincidence and formed a hypothesis. Without additional evidence tying the 819-day count to astronomical observations its not particularly convincing.
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#7This implies that the Mayan must have been recording the positions of the planets with great accuracy over a rather long period of time, probably spanning several generations.
It seems incredibly clever - and I realise that I assumed they weren't aware of most planets since they're hard to see today, but I'm sure they were very noteworthy event in the pristine sky they were looking at.
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#8Too bad following the "More Information" link only leads to a Cambridge University Press page offering the article for $26.
Re: The Mayan calendar might represent a longer timescale than previously considered
#9Sounds like a "guess" rather than a "solution". They have noticed a numerical coincidence and formed a hypothesis. Without additional evidence tying the 819-day count to astronomical observations its not particularly convincing.
Yeah, I'm all for investigating this line of thinking further, but all sorts of weird coincidences come up in numerology that no serious person would consider "science".
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#10This implies that the Mayan must have been recording the positions of the planets with great accuracy over a rather long period of time, probably spanning several generations.
It seems incredibly clever - and I realise that I assumed they weren't aware of most planets since they're hard to see today, but I'm sure they were very noteworthy event in the pristine sky they were looking at.
Those planets are much easier to see without light pollution.
All but Neptune* can be seen by the naked eye.
(Shamelessly abusing the classification of Pluto as a dwarf planet here to exclude it from the conversation).
Uranus: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/nov/07/starwatch-op...