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Thor Heyerdahl famously believed that America was colonized from the east. He built a papyrus boat and crossed the Atlantic from Morocco to prove it was possibl
by Jolter 2y ago
Thor Heyerdahl famously believed that America was colonized from the east. He built a papyrus boat and crossed the Atlantic from Morocco to prove it was possible. It was not the first time he was wrong.
- yieldcrv 2y agoNot familiar with him, but if we remove the curiosity about “first”, there could be paleolithic eastern migration and explorers too
- NikkiA 2y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kon-Tiki_expedition https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kon-Tiki_expedition There's a very good movie documentary about it, which won an oscar. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kon-Tiki_(1950_film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kon-Tiki_(1950_film) Also, the following regarding his later Papyrus boat expedition: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ra_(1972_film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ra_(1972_film)
- BurningFrog 2y agoI think he did prove it was possible.
- Jolter 2y agoHe did! So he reached his goal. He was certainly a “doer”. His theories met fierce criticism from academics though.
- mmooss 2y ago> He was certainly a “doer”. His theories met fierce criticism from academics though. It seems the privileged place some people give to 'doer', and their decision to define the hard work of academic research as not 'doing', produced the wrong answer. Thor might have done better with another approach.