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Re: Baidarka thingamajig n stuff
Posted By: Mike Hanks In Response To: Re: Baidarka thingamajig n stuff (Pete WP)
Date: Saturday, 5 February 2000, at 10:55 p.m.
> Hi Ian,
> A true golden age usually marks the emergence of a revolutionary front be
> it politics, technology or whatever. Its at these times when the fertile
> ground for creativety is wide open and a lot of the foundations are set.> How many
> Never actually. Science by its own virtue often poses more questions than
> it answers.> How many times have religions predicted the
> 3,448,788?
> The jurys silent on that one!
> Thats true. I think in my remarks about the Aleuts it may seem Im
> slighting them for whats rightly their contributions. I'm not. Im just
> weary of hearing about old world achievments shrouded in the mystique of a
> sphinx. The trouble with this sort of thing is that often more gets
> attributed to the design in question than the original designers intended!
> The idea of a bow bulb to extend the waterline for a 5% speed increase is
> something along those lines.> Depends on your idea!
> Science says that ideas should be looked at on their merit alone.
> The superstition angle was brought up strictly because for primitive
> cultures, superstitious notions fill the gaps where real knowledge cant be
> found. Its only logical to assume this would manifest itself here. As for
> a design improvement... it depends what you are saying they intended it
> for. Sure it could be a great design improvement. But if its to eek out a
> pervcentage or two in speed, they had no way in Heavens name of detecting
> anything so subtle. To say they had these means is to invoke this
> otherworldly capability I dont believe in.> Science says, "it doesn't
> Ha!You ought to see the way pofessors will defend their finds when they
> get challenged by disbeleivers. The first thing they'll look to debase
> their attackers is low credentials.> We can test it to see if it works, we don't need an
> Always thought the FDA was a little excessive.
> Ask any scientist, many mistakes
> Oh hell, that what makes being a human so adventeruous!!
> Thanks Ian,
> Pete
Pete,
Have you read the kayak section of "The Bark Canoes and Skin Boats of North America". I found it amazing that the kayaks for each area were surprisingly different. Each kayak was extremely well suited for the conditions that it needed to be used in. They apparently knew that speed and length and beam and hull shape were related. they also knew about different paddles for different conditions. Compare the different kayaks made by all of the Inuits and Aluets and you may come to hade a new appretiation of their science.
Mike
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