Stonehenge core sample shows monument was largely quarried only 15 miles from site

[Turnips]

That would be the coolest rollingpin.

[treegirl]

For deeper dive check out:
Robert Schoch:robertschoch.com and robertschoch.org.
Carmen Boulter (has utube video and lots more)
James Swaggert (expert in acoustic archeology)
Stonehenge is many things and or was: not least of which was accoustic… It all comes back to sound in the end.
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=acoustic+archeology&t=ffnt&ia=web

[TheMcCooley]

Great, so I just spent my whole morning watching Nigel Tufnel explain Stonehenge.

[Sqyntz]

@jhbadger

There’s a National Geographic special on Stonehenge that is mostly serious but has Christopher Guest come in as character as Nigel Tufnel to give some remarks. He says something like “Many people think Stonehenge was built by aliens. That’s utter bollocks! The pyramids, yes of course, but not Stonehenge!”

Stonehenge Theories with Nigel Tufnel of Spinal Tap - Part 1 | National Geographic

Stonehenge Theories with Nigel Tufnel of Spinal Tap - Part 2 | National Geographic

Stonehenge Theories with Nigel Tufnel of Spinal Tap - Part 3 | National Geographic

Stonehenge Theories with Nigel Tufnel of Spinal Tap - Part 4 | National Geographic

Stonehenge Theories with Nigel Tufnel of Spinal Tap - Part 5 | National Geographic

[Oboo_San]

Is Occam’s Razor kept sharp in a pyramid?

[anon94804983]

No room - they were full of grain /s

[Melizmatic]

What did I just listen to?

[HMSGoose]

Ok so lazy bloodmages then…

[ficuswhisperer]

@Melizmatic

What did I just listen to?

Norway’s equivalent of The Lonely Island

[Bunbain]

reminds me of this little chestnut

[VeronicaConnor]

@Brainspore

I can understand the general appeal of the notion that we are collectively smarter or more resourceful than our ancestors were thousands of years ago, but available evidence definitely doesn’t support the idea.

Every single time the common belief was that our ancestors couldn’t possibly have been capable of something, it is proven that they were and they did the thing.

The fundamental point is that we have the exact same brains as they did. The only difference is that we’re standing on taller shoulders of technology than they were.

[VeronicaConnor]

@Otherbrother

Not to mention that we’re also much lazier these days.

I think that’s untrue also. We see all the heroic stuff our ancestors did because that’s survivorship bias. There are no monuments to sitting around eating goat jerky and getting drunk. It doesn’t mean they didn’t spend as much time doing that as we do.

Our work ethic is expressed in different ways, today. Less physical and more intellectual, perhaps. But spending all day editing a YouTube video or coding your new website is hard work, make no mistake. A lazy person will not do those things.

Me, on the other hand… where did I leave that goat jerky…