Reluctant Cannibal

What the heck, I'll toss my question on top of the tottering pile:

Even granting all the inane arguments about the encoding of pi into the dimensions of the GP, since when did basic geometrical knowledge become advanced scientific knowledge?

Pappy Jack

A brief critique of Dr Spence's work is offered here by Robert Bauval in which he refers to other astronomical datings of Khufu's Pyramid, including Herschel's and Smyth's, but also those of Virginia Trimble and Alexander Badawy (1964 - c. 2600 BC), Bauval (1990 - c. 2750 BC), Bauval again (1993, using more accurate data provided by Rudolf Gantenbrink - 2450 BC +/- 25 years), Dr Mary Bruck (1995 - 2450 BC +/- 60 years). It is instructive to note that none of these later astronomical datings even approximates Smyth's.

Lucretius

When it suits your pre-conceived ideas ?

RED DAVE

I guess the thread and its various satellites seem to have run their course, i want to thank those who have contributed and kicked fundy ass over and over again in no unceertain terms.

I wish to note that praxeus never returned to the fray. And afdave is doubtless licking his wounds in some solitary place somewhere.

RED DAVE

Calilasseia

Just wait seven days. Dave will be back.

Whether he will post any content that isn't roundly refutable without drawing breath by a reasonably educated 11 year old is moot, of course, but he will be back.

Pappy Jack

Just to keep things ticking over - and to try and lay to rest Dave's continuing belief that the coded incorporation of pi into the dimensions of Khufu's Pyramid is in some way proof of the 'advanced knowledge' of its architects and builders.

Here Jim Loy has listed 15 height/width ratios for pyramids with different slopes and worked out what 'concealed' numeric constants may be incorporated in them. Here are four of those as taster, two either side of Khufu's Pyramid with Khufu's included for comparison. All these are accurate to within about 0.01:

height/width ratio

• 0.600 - height/diagonal of base = phi/4; slanting height/base = pi/4
• 0.625 - height/width = 1/phi
• 0.636 (KP) - width/height = pi/2; slanting height/width = phi/2
• 0.650 - slanting height/height = square root (phi)
• 0.675 - slanting edge/width = pi/2

In other words, you can find pretty much any 'significant' result you want if you have enough data and are prepared to manipulate it enough.

RED DAVE

Well praxeus, since you seem to have returned to the fray, let me pose once again the two fundamental questions that have been guiding this thread for awhile and which you have been ducking for over three months.

1) What is your date for the Flood (i.e. the one that you accept for purposes of argument)?

2) If it's approximate (and there's no reason why it shouldn't be), what are the outside limits?

RED DAVE

shirley knott

What are the odds of Dave ever appearing in this thread again?

hugs,
Shirley Knott

JonF

Moderately good. He said he'd be gone for a week, he has no shame, he never learns. I expect him back spewing the same tripe.

RED DAVE

Still waiting, praxeus.

Let me pose once again the two fundamental questions that have been guiding this thread for awhile and which you committeed to answering and have been ducking for over three months.

1) What is your date for the Flood (i.e. the one that you accept for purposes of argument)?

2) If it's approximate (and there's no reason why it shouldn't be), what are the outside limits?

RED DAVE