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Reminds me of this quote: "I don't know of any expedition that ever went looking for [Noah's] ark and didn't find it" [1] When the foundation of a field is tak
by npunt 6y ago
Reminds me of this quote: "I don't know of any expedition that ever went looking for [Noah's] ark and didn't find it" [1]
When the foundation of a field is taking things on faith and built up on layers and layers of motivated interpretations over the centuries, I imagine its pretty tough finding people who are truly coming at evidence with an open mind. This has always been the thing that kept me from going deep on this facet of history, despite my curiosity.
[1] https://www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/article/100428-noahs-ark-found-in-turkey-science-religion-culture https://www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/article/100428-...
- ggm 6y agoWhen your supervisor warns you if you pursue his field of scholarship your name is mud.. that's a moment. Outsider science .. OK I'm not drawn there. Outsider biblical scholarship, subverting the dominant paradigm one fragment at a time? That's.. a life goal! Golb should have been a wikipedia editor.
- redis_mlc 6y ago> Golb should have been a wikipedia editor. Now we're mud-slinging! :) What I love about Wikipedia editors is that when you watch interviews with non-US editors, they all proudly admit to being paid shills (it's the basis of their PR firms.)