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Maya Blue: Unlocking the Mysteries of an Ancient Pigment

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Re: Maya Blue: Unlocking the Mysteries of an Ancient Pigment

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Post by quesera »

cap11235 wrote: post #6
fside wrote: post #5

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No? Calling them advanced is one thing (because it was advanced up to their elimination/dispersion), saying it rivals modern materials science is ridiculous, and is a statement that appeals to the people that buy crystals for their "healing energy". The peoples born of the America's do not benefit from Burning Man-type bullshit.

GP demonstrates an overextrapolated idea of ancient science, suggesting ignorance but at least honest admiration.

You demonstrate an overextrapolated idea of current cultural events, suggesting ignorance and also shallow dismissiveness.

You could have made your point without raising your own flag.

Re: Maya Blue: Unlocking the Mysteries of an Ancient Pigment

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Post by cwmoore »

webdoodle wrote: post #9
IAmBroom wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Or to put it more nicely, knowing how to make something is not knowing the fundamental science behind the thing. Romans made self-healing cement without any knowledge of chemistry and materials science. Surgeons performed tumor removals without knowing why they formed. Etc.

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Sibling comment's strawman aside, we don't know what we don't know about what we don't know about. It's easy to forget.

Re: Maya Blue: Unlocking the Mysteries of an Ancient Pigment

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Post by pimlottc »

jihadjihad wrote: post #4

Cool article, and even cooler site IMO. Brings back memories of 20 years ago, when many sites looked similar. It probably looks radically ugly to the modern eye, but I kind of miss the goofiness of pages like this, down to the poem at the bottom (in Comic Sans, no less). Chrome probably would have kicked up some sort of fuss about it, but I was almost hoping to see .swf as the file extension for the wheel GIF at the…

The downside is that it’s not very mobile friendly. Reader mode works okay on Mobile Safari, although it does lose the images.

Re: Maya Blue: Unlocking the Mysteries of an Ancient Pigment

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Post by ReptileMan »

webdoodle wrote: post #9
IAmBroom wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Or to put it more nicely, knowing how to make something is not knowing the fundamental science behind the thing. Romans made self-healing cement without any knowledge of chemistry and materials science. Surgeons performed tumor removals without knowing why they formed. Etc.

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The Mayan cavillation collapsed way before that.

Re: Maya Blue: Unlocking the Mysteries of an Ancient Pigment

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Post by cwmoore »

cwmoore wrote: post #14
webdoodle wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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Sibling comment's strawman aside, we don't know what we don't know about what we don't know about. It's easy to forget.

No, really, forgetting is built-in to every conquest, including generational drift and downvotes.

Where do you think all the New World libraries and gold instruments went?

Don’t forget the levels of human sacrifice in modern days when you cast your superior symbolic knowledge.

Re: Maya Blue: Unlocking the Mysteries of an Ancient Pigment

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Post by cwmoore »

colechristensen wrote: post #10
webdoodle wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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It is silly to assert that ancient peoples might have known quantum physics but "we just don't know!"

Especially silly since we don't know now either. Oh well, good luck.
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