Scientists Reveal How the Maya Predicted Eclipses for Centuries
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Scientists Reveal How the Maya Predicted Eclipses for Centuries
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Re: Scientists Reveal How the Maya Predicted Eclipses for Centuries
#2Complete clickbait. There is not even a transitory appearance of a "how". tldr; table is rebuilt at some point prior to the great cycle's end. How the table is built and just how did the Maya make the calculations? Crickets.
Re: Scientists Reveal How the Maya Predicted Eclipses for Centuries
#3Complete clickbait. There is not even a transitory appearance of a "how". tldr; table is rebuilt at some point prior to the great cycle's end. How the table is built and just how did the Maya make the calculations? Crickets.
The actual paper seems to have more information: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adt9039
Re: Scientists Reveal How the Maya Predicted Eclipses for Centuries
#41491 ... if you have never read it was very eye opening as to how badass all these civilizations were. Their loss today would be similar to as if we suddenly lost 99% of all China.
Re: Scientists Reveal How the Maya Predicted Eclipses for Centuries
#51491 ... if you have never read it was very eye opening as to how badass all these civilizations were. Their loss today would be similar to as if we suddenly lost 99% of all China.
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Re: Scientists Reveal How the Maya Predicted Eclipses for Centuries
#6isnt it more embarrasing that they believed the sun needed help to reappear? that they mistook the feelings in their head to be real, kind of how people think they can feel or talk to a god? we love to pat ourselves on the back but never take a look at how stupid we actually are, most people most of the time. i feel regularly embarrassed at the mistakes we make
Re: Scientists Reveal How the Maya Predicted Eclipses for Centuries
#7isnt it more embarrasing that they believed the sun needed help to reappear? that they mistook the feelings in their head to be real, kind of how people think they can feel or talk to a god? we love to pat ourselves on the back but never take a look at how stupid we actually are, most people most of the time. i feel regularly embarrassed at the mistakes we make
That attitude towards this issue, while natural, brings nothing positive to you. You should try to embrace our limitations, use them to play in your favor if needed, and be amazed at the diversity and curiosity of human thought. We will conquer the darkness, bit by bit.
Re: Scientists Reveal How the Maya Predicted Eclipses for Centuries
#81491 ... if you have never read it was very eye opening as to how badass all these civilizations were. Their loss today would be similar to as if we suddenly lost 99% of all China.
This book was real eye-opening for me. I heard about it when it was first released, but sort of dismissed it since on its face it seemed like just another pop alt-history, "you won't learn this in school" book. But it is well researched, and well regarded by historians[0].
[0] One example:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1931-0846.2006...
Re: Scientists Reveal How the Maya Predicted Eclipses for Centuries
#9isnt it more embarrasing that they believed the sun needed help to reappear? that they mistook the feelings in their head to be real, kind of how people think they can feel or talk to a god? we love to pat ourselves on the back but never take a look at how stupid we actually are, most people most of the time. i feel regularly embarrassed at the mistakes we make
We have horoscopes and quantum computing. The existence of one is no shame on the other.
Re: Scientists Reveal How the Maya Predicted Eclipses for Centuries
#101491 ... if you have never read it was very eye opening as to how badass all these civilizations were. Their loss today would be similar to as if we suddenly lost 99% of all China.
1491 is pretty late. Both Babylonians and the Chinese predicted solar eclipses several thousand years before this.