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They used electrical resistivity tomography to find something L shaped in the ground that is probably "a mixture of sand and gravel", that "may have been an ent
by nomel 2y ago
They used electrical resistivity tomography to find something L shaped in the ground that is probably "a mixture of sand and gravel", that "may have been an entrance to the deeper structure".
It's ancient, but wtf does this have to do with aliens? ER tomography is super neat science!
edit: The issue appears to be the use of the word "portal" to describe an entrance. I'm not seeing the issue, but maybe because I'm an English speaker. Here's the definition:
Portal: a doorway, gate, or other entrance, especially a large and imposing one.
- animitronix 2y agoIn modern usage "portal" almost always appears alongside "to another dimension!!", so it's become associated with the paranormal almost by default.
- taberiand 2y agoPerhaps it's a good thing then that articles like this are using the term in a scientific context to describe something real instead of something make believe. Maybe this will reach at least one person who clicks this article thinking aliens and paranormal, and leaves with a new appreciation for how cool the real actual science and technology is instead.
- batch12 2y agoThe word portal was intentionally chosen to get the ancient alien click.
- taberiand 2y agoAgain I say - good. If a person sees this headline and thinks aliens then they could use the dose of education that the article provides.
- endofreach 2y agoWell put.
- batch12 2y agoI'd agree if it wasn't intentionally worded to manipulate these people into clicks. Flipping it to say that the clickbait is for their own good is grimy.
- HelloNurse 2y agoThe problem is that this is a title, understood in the context of other terrible clickbait titles on the web; only in titles ancient aliens are a likely occurrence, while "portal" is an appropriate term for stone structures that wouldn't have raised an eyebrow in a paragraph of description.