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Somewhere between 7k-15k years ago there was a massive flood that changed the world. Every culture has stories of this flood in their mythology, e.g. Atlantis,
by fwungy 3y ago
Somewhere between 7k-15k years ago there was a massive flood that changed the world. Every culture has stories of this flood in their mythology, e.g. Atlantis, and there is rich geological evidence for it.
What caused this flood?
Scientists theorize there was massive and rapid increase in temperature which quickly melted glaciers from an earlier ice age.
How did that happen? No one knows.
Why are there ice ages and why do they end?
No one knows.
Please do not tell your children their lives are meaningless unless we solve the intractable problem of climate change.
We can make the planet better in terms of clean air. water, and land, but changing weather patterns is orders of magnitude beyond us. We do not and likely never will have the technology to control the behavior of the massive nuclear furnace of the sun.
- satellites 3y agoYou’re making a huge false equivalence. We’re talking about anthropogenic climate change specifically. Implying that it is the same as ancient weather patterns from before the Industrial Revolution is comically dishonest.
- lm28469 3y ago> but changing weather patterns is orders of magnitude beyond us I mean, we're doing it right now .... What does the flood myth has to do with the thread btw ? I'll tell you how you sound: "guys forget what science tells us now, the bible and aztecs talk about a flood a long time ago s..so....so hm so I guess climate change doesn't exist ?"
- fwungy 3y agoThe Ice Ages are well confirmed scientifically, but not understood. The dominant climate of the earth is cold. We get relatively brief warm periods, "interglacials", of which we are in one now. Ice ages are theorized to be prompted by shifts in the Earth's orbit[0]. CO2 is measured in hundredths of a percent for impact on the climate. Does it really seem reasonable that our little human technology, an infinitesimal fraction of the energy at work in the Solar System is making a huge difference? [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interglacial https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interglacial
- lm28469 3y agoThe sun is an infinitesimal fraction of the energy at work in the universe but if you stay out in summer for an hour you'll get sum burnt Whats your point ?
- wrycoder 3y agoNo one knows for sure, but there are some plausible speculations: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flood_myth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flood_myth