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I find this amazing... I've been interested in Stonehenge for as far back as I can remember but I'm no expert on the subject- I'm just in awe of it. What I fin

I find this amazing... I've been interested in Stonehenge for as far back as I can remember but I'm no expert on the subject- I'm just in awe of it. What I find interesting about this video is the claim that he "is not a scientist" - I beg to differ. I do not know his formal education background, but that should not diminish his ability to apply the scientific method which he has clearly shown. After all, he is an expert in the field of moving large objects, if there is such a field. From wiki: "A scientist, in the broadest sense, refers to any person that engages in a systematic activity to acquire knowledge or an individual that engages in such practices and traditions that are linked to schools of thought or philosophy." From the video, it's quite apparent that he applies a systematic activity to achieve his goal, that being knowledge in our case, and it's linked to a school of thought - construction, and not to mention mathematics and physics (it's obvious there's math involved here whether he knows it or not) for the application of the scientific method. Thus, without formal education, I feel his demonstrations clearly prove he a scientist in the broadest sense- I'd welcome opinions for or to the contrary if you're interested.

albertcardona 17y ago
Wally is a scientist, and has proven that exercising your brain can help you move rocks far heavier than exercising your muscles. Not that you don't need some baseline muscles, but nothing beyond what a healthy human being has.
dave_au 17y ago
Dude is drawing something like free body diagrams here - http://www.theforgottentechnology.com/newpage2 http://www.theforgottentechnology.com/newpage2 - so he's doing alright sans formal education.
mechanical_fish 17y ago
his demonstrations clearly prove he a scientist in the broadest sense Absolutely. And it's possible that the news just called him a "non-scientist" to play up the "random Michigan guy in his backyard" angle. Or, he may be a person who takes pride in the non-scientist label. It's a class thing. Not every practitioner of the Useful Arts thinks that it's a particularly great honor to be deemed a scientist. Some of them would rather take the opportunity to point out that construction workers, machinists, and technicians are pretty smart and have been doing this sort of thing, quietly but relentlessly, since the time of Stonehenge. This guy reminds me of one of my favorite engineers, Tim Hunkin: http://www.timhunkin.com/90_useful_arts.htm http://www.timhunkin.com/90_useful_arts.htm
- huhtenberg 17y ago
  Technically, he is applying the science, he doesn't advance it. So he's not a scientist, he is one heck of an engineer.

albertcardona 17y ago

Wally is a scientist, and has proven that exercising your brain can help you move rocks far heavier than exercising your muscles. Not that you don't need some baseline muscles, but nothing beyond what a healthy human being has.

dave_au 17y ago

Dude is drawing something like free body diagrams here - http://www.theforgottentechnology.com/newpage2 http://www.theforgottentechnology.com/newpage2 - so he's doing alright sans formal education.

mechanical_fish 17y ago

his demonstrations clearly prove he a scientist in the broadest sense Absolutely. And it's possible that the news just called him a "non-scientist" to play up the "random Michigan guy in his backyard" angle. Or, he may be a person who takes pride in the non-scientist label. It's a class thing. Not every practitioner of the Useful Arts thinks that it's a particularly great honor to be deemed a scientist. Some of them would rather take the opportunity to point out that construction workers, machinists, and technicians are pretty smart and have been doing this sort of thing, quietly but relentlessly, since the time of Stonehenge. This guy reminds me of one of my favorite engineers, Tim Hunkin: http://www.timhunkin.com/90_useful_arts.htm http://www.timhunkin.com/90_useful_arts.htm

huhtenberg 17y ago
Technically, he is applying the science, he doesn't advance it. So he's not a scientist, he is one heck of an engineer.