https://padlet.com/patrick_666/9e0odifcip3c en-us 2018-04-02 12:05:26 UTC 2023-01-27 19:37:14 UTC hello@padlet.com patrick_666 https://padlet.com/patrick_666/9e0odifcip3c/wish/247777204 By Patrick Wilson]]> 2018-04-02 12:07:05 UTC https://padlet.com/patrick_666/9e0odifcip3c/wish/247777204 patrick_666 https://padlet.com/patrick_666/9e0odifcip3c/wish/247777310 In the following Smithsonian video, archaeologists argue that Stonehenge was a cemetery reserved for the culturally elite of the Neolithic Era. The evidence given is that there is little evidence of trauma to the bones, as well as carefully collected skeletons, suggesting that those who were buried were privileged and cared for. However, this is directly contradictory to sources obtained in other articles, which point to the large degree of disfigurement among the interred, directly contradicting this theory.]]> 2018-04-02 12:07:53 UTC https://padlet.com/patrick_666/9e0odifcip3c/wish/247777310 patrick_666 https://padlet.com/patrick_666/9e0odifcip3c/wish/247778247 In the following video, the show "Ancient Aliens" provided by the History Channel refers to another legend on this padlet wall (Merlin), and interposes the idea of aliens using "acoustic levitation" to move the blocks into place. The reasons given are that Merlin levitated them in local legend, and if Merlin can do it, why not aliens? Additionally, another researcher claims that through experimentation, it has been shown to be impossible to replicate the process by which these could have been moved. The two red flags at play here are confirmation bias, and appeal to authority. The first gentlemen stipulating that the local legends may have substituted Merlin in for aliens is suggesting a theory with absolutely no merit or precedence because it's in keeping with his TV narrative; the next gentlemen to speak contradicts the experiments moving 40-ton stone slabs 100 miles using tracks and animal grease: a feat performed successfully by researchers in 1996]]> 2018-04-02 12:14:02 UTC https://padlet.com/patrick_666/9e0odifcip3c/wish/247778247 patrick_666 https://padlet.com/patrick_666/9e0odifcip3c/wish/247779899 In the following video, researchers have built a replica of Stonehenge to see how Solstices would have appeared with the position of the Sun how it had been 4000 years ago, at the time of construction. Upon completion, they posit that Winter Solstices appear much more impressive, as though one is "entering a portal" as they walk towards the setting Sun into the monument; and that therefore the monument is built more for the Winter Solstice. The red flag raised here is confusing correlation with causation: while the Winter Solstice may be more visually impressive, that isn't to say that the goal of whoever built it was to make a neat looking spectacle. If there were a spiritual meaning connected to the Solstices, likely they would different significance, which may not be visually apparent or obvious to a modern observer.]]> 2018-04-02 12:25:32 UTC https://padlet.com/patrick_666/9e0odifcip3c/wish/247779899 patrick_666 https://padlet.com/patrick_666/9e0odifcip3c/wish/247781116 The following image depicts a giant moving the stones into place to either enact, or take down the monument of Stonehenge. In an ancient story popularized by Geoffrey of Monmouth in his work Historia Regum Britanniae, giants brought the bluestones from Mount Killaraus in Africa to Ireland, where they were used for rituals and healing. King Uther (Arthur's Dad) and Merlin led an expedition to Ireland, and Merlin used magic to bring them to England and set them up. The red flags this brings up are ancient wisdom (as displayed by the beliefs in giants and magic), as well as agenticity (Geoffrey of Monmouth couldn't explain how the stones came to be there otherwise, must be magic).

]]> 2018-04-02 12:31:56 UTC https://padlet.com/patrick_666/9e0odifcip3c/wish/247781116 patrick_666 https://padlet.com/patrick_666/9e0odifcip3c/wish/247783536 The following image is of a modern Neo-Druidic assembly at Stonehenge. Stonehenge has been a popular Druidic site of pilgrimage and ritual for a century now, with some congregations on the Solstices numbering in the tens of thousands. Neo-pagans and Neo-Druids, as well as a variety of other naturalistic or earth-based faiths believe Stonehenge was built for worship and spiritual reasons in line with their own faiths. However, this is an example of confirmation bias. While Stonehenge does align with the solstices, and this is definitely no accident, it was erected long before even the most early iterations of their specific beliefs, and with no definite intention on the part of the creators. However, they choose to believe, as it validates their faith.]]> 2018-04-02 12:43:58 UTC https://padlet.com/patrick_666/9e0odifcip3c/wish/247783536 patrick_666 https://padlet.com/patrick_666/9e0odifcip3c/wish/247814091 Mr. Till, an expert in acoustics and sound technology at Huddersfield University, has hypothesized that the unique acoustic properties of bluestone may have allowed for a trancelike rhythm to be amplified. To test this hypothesis, Mr. Till used a full-sized replica of Stonehenge in the United States along with sound analysis software, a dodecahedronic speaker, a soundfield microphone, and a large bass speaker. His finding supported his theory that Stonehenge would have had unique acoustic properties, and consequently could have been used for this purpose. However, one possible red flag could be confusing correlation with causation: just because, these properties are present, doesn't prove that in of itself that would be the function of the monument.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/science-news/4108867/Stonehenge-was-giant-concert-venue.html]]> 2018-04-02 14:26:18 UTC https://padlet.com/patrick_666/9e0odifcip3c/wish/247814091 patrick_666 https://padlet.com/patrick_666/9e0odifcip3c/wish/247820636 Below I have included the link to an article that poses the unique (and questionable) theory that Stonehenge is a giant symbol of the female reproductive system. The British Columbia University researcher and Gynecologist Anthony Perks contests that, at the time, there was a concept of an Earth Mother, and that Stonehenge may represent "the opening by which the Earth Mother gave birth to the plants and animals on which ancient people so depended." Perks points to the lack of deaths at Stonehenge, and suggests that it was a place of birth and renewal. However, this is in direct contrast to the majority of researchers, who display the variety of burials that have taken place at Stonehenge: additionally, Stonehenge has been shown through archaeological restoration and projection to have been a closed, not an open circle. This would cast aspersions on Perks' theories, and it's likely that these pieces of glaring evidence have been overlooked due to Perk's own confirmation bias.


]]> 2018-04-02 14:44:46 UTC https://padlet.com/patrick_666/9e0odifcip3c/wish/247820636 patrick_666 https://padlet.com/patrick_666/9e0odifcip3c/wish/247826512 The following article I have posted places more emphasis on pseudoscience than any of the other sources I found. The author states that Stonehenge is built around underground aquifers with "yin" water energy (the author is a second-generation dowser). The energy is supposedly concentrated into a "geospiral," upon which Stonehenge was constructed, with the center stone acting as a conduit for the harmonious healing energy. This theory is constructed almost entirely from pseudoscience: dowsing is an example of ancient wisdom, yin and yang water energy is an example of all natural/mystical energy, and reason for belief is confirmation bias (we can't be sure what the function of Stonehenge was, so it must be mystical energy, which supports the author's personal beliefs).

]]> 2018-04-02 15:01:12 UTC https://padlet.com/patrick_666/9e0odifcip3c/wish/247826512 patrick_666 https://padlet.com/patrick_666/9e0odifcip3c/wish/247840907 According to a team of researchers helmed by Mike Parker Pearson of the University of Sheffield, the time period at which Stonehenge was built was a time of increasing unification among Britain's Neolithic peoples. Clothing, architecture, and material goods all started to become more similar in style, and it is speculated that the erection of Stonehenge may have been symptomatic, or directly to show the new level of an island-wide sense of community. Additionally, it would have been a massive undertaking, quite possibly requiring the cooperation of many individual communities. The only missing pieces here are an explanation for the significance of the alignment with the solstices, where people of distinct communities may not have a shared spiritual or religious interest in commemorating them. However, this is a fairly sound theory that stays well in line with other archaeological findings of the time period suggesting a growing sense of community.

]]> 2018-04-02 15:40:32 UTC https://padlet.com/patrick_666/9e0odifcip3c/wish/247840907 patrick_666 https://padlet.com/patrick_666/9e0odifcip3c/wish/247919459 2018-04-02 19:37:24 UTC https://padlet.com/patrick_666/9e0odifcip3c/wish/247919459