The Bast Theory???

[emap]

Ok so i was checking my email on yahoo and noticed a trailer list on the side of the main page. One caught my eye 2012, I hadn't heard anything about it so clicked on the link and watched it. Seriously reminds me of Day after Tomorrow, though not what I wanted to mention per se just setting the scene so to speak.

OK so at the very end of the clip it mentions to search for 2012 on google, I did it came up with a bunch of suggested add on words but I just went with 2012. OK that's where it gets interesting, not gonna say what kind of interesting just interesting.

The first link I noticed was one of the special ones, it says they are planning on saving a small percentage of the people and your only hope is to sign up for the lottery. Probably was for the movie but not our discussion topic either. Another one I found is our discussion topic, or rather a specific part of it. The section is called, i'm sure you guessed by now, The Bast Theory.

So for those of you who don't know, I didn't until about 5 minutes ago, here is a LINK. Go on read that, I'll wait.

So now that you know what on earth that is, what do you think? If you already know maybe you can explain something to me, why is it called Bast theory? Cause it's going off something the Mayan culture did, end date for their calendar, but Bast is a goddess of Egypt so I'm not seeing a connection, I could see something like Osiris Theory considering what he thinks will happen.

 

[JackLuis]

Beats the shit outa me?

Sounds like another Doom and Gloom writer out to sell books to me.
Maybe he calls it the "Bast Threory" because GWB has "The Bastard Theory" copywrited?

 

[emap]

Possibly but I think not, this guy is trying to sound smart and educated. Fails badly at that but well he is trying.

 

[emap]

Oh heck bad me I forgot to mention scroll down and read the comments left. Apparently god jesus and satan are in the internet and leaving comments.

 

[jomar]

Oh heck bad me I forgot to mention scroll down and read the comments left. Apparently god jesus and satan are in the internet and leaving comments.

And they like to yell.

 

[Stella_Omega]

Back when the book "Hammer of God" was big news, some street guy came up to me and told me I needed to become one of his wives, because when that Meteor hit he'd be able to protect me.

He was dead serious, and got emotional about it. I felt bad for him.

 

[Saucy_Sage]

I thought this was about cooking turkey on Thanksgiving. Where's the baste theory thread? Cause this theory looks a little off-bast.

 

[Stella_Omega]

I thought this was about cooking turkey on Thanksgiving. Where's the baste theory thread? Cause this theory looks a little off-bast.

I like to make a puree of herbs, garlic, an onion, a stick of butter, juice of a lemon or two, and a head of Romane lettuce, and slide that under the skin of my turkey. Makes it pretty much self-basting. if the top gets brown before the dark meat is cocked, I make a tent of aluminum foil... Don't waste your time on those horrible "prebasted" turkeys, they just taste like Oscar Meyers hot dogs.

 

[NoJo]

this theory looks a little off-bast.

On what do you baste that opinion?

 

[Shwenn]

Okay, I read it.

Crackpot.

There is a lot of bad science but I think this quote here sums it up quite nicely:

Unicorns and dragons once actually existed, they were mutant strains that didn't survive very long.

 

[Saucy_Sage]

On what do you baste that opinion?

How dare you ask me that? Basterd.

 

[emap]

Yeah Shwenn that rather told me he was a total fruitloop, probably same guy that tried to marry Stella.

I don't get it what's up with basting and bagging the poor turkey? I mean seriously, all you gotta do is rub the skin with oil, olive oil is a good choice and cook it, I use 350 other temperatures work though probably not as well.

Yes I know I'm hijacking it's my darn thread.

 

[lil_elvis]

... if the top gets brown before the dark meat is cocked, I make a tent of aluminum foil... Don't waste your time on those horrible "prebasted" turkeys, they just taste like Oscar Meyers hot dogs.

Who's cocking your dark meat?

 

[Stella_Omega]

Who's cocking your dark meat?

Dammit, that's what I get for adding all those nasty words into spellcheck...

 

[slyc_willie]

The problem is that there is an entire pseudo-scientific subculture built around the exploratory works of a handfull of researchers. Graham Hancock, Robert Bauval, John Anthony West, Rand and Rose Flem-Ath, etc., etc. have spent the last twenty years sharing a mutual fascination for what they term "Forbidden Archaeology." Essentially, they have questioned many of the established tenets of archaeological history, and presented some very good and sound theories.

But they remain just theories, awaiting further proof and evidence. Their foundations are (for the most part) sound, and are very fascinating. Unfortunately, the pseudo-scientific subculture that has sprung up because of their work takes their theories as the Lost Ark of the Covenant, turning them into ad hoc assumptions of history.

The author of the website has done nothing new whatsoever. If you read the assmbled works of Hancock, West, Bauval and Flem-Ath, as well as Charles Hapgood's Maps of the Ancient Sea-Kings (where much of this notion of Forbidden Archaeology began), you would find that the author of the 2012 website has done nothing other than take bits and pieces of a couple dozen theories and put them all together.

I can only surmise that his labeling his hypothesis the Bast Theory is due to a desire to show how ancient South American and Egyptian cultures once engaged in commerce. There is some reason to believe this -- Egyptian mummies have supposedly been discovered with traces of cocaine -- but it is far from a proven fact.

Personally, I believe there was once a global society. However, until I see more conclusive investigating done, I'll reserve my opinions about the details.

The author of the website should have done the same.

 

[TE999]

There have been prophets of doom throughout history...except all this pseudo-scientific twaddle is fairly new. The previous jerimiads have centered primarily on a vision from God or some such. People have sold everything and followed their prophet to a mountain to await the end. The Millerites in the 1840's come to mind.

If this bunch ever has a convention, I want to run the tin foil pyramid hat booth.

 

[emap]

Yeah I'll be right next to you selling the tin foil vests.

You know Slyc your something of a savior I didn't know about all these guys I'll have to remember to one of these days look them up, when I got some free bored time and I want a giggle.

 

[wildehafer]

The world will end when we all drown in our own shit.

Bast, mayan calendars, nostradamus etc. When 2012 passes without us all being vaporised or whatever I wonder what the next money making scare tactic the shysters will be latching on to?

 

[neonlyte]

Y'd have though that years of practice would have solved this

Cook long, cook slow, raise the temp for the last 30 mins.

Cook the stuffing separately, that way you avoid food poisoning

When the turkey is cooked, remove from oven, wrap in foil, and turn it breast side down for 30 mins before serving and carving, that way, the breast retains succulence and we all know a succulent breast is a superior breast.

 

[dr_mabeuse]

"...I have decided that starting with evidence and then developing theories is the wrong path..."

Yeah. This is the kind of science I have confidence in.

 

[slyc_willie]

Yeah I'll be right next to you selling the tin foil vests.

You know Slyc your something of a savior I didn't know about all these guys I'll have to remember to one of these days look them up, when I got some free bored time and I want a giggle.

I'm willing to bet you'd be surprised at some of the evidence. Much of it is empirical, it just doesn't make sense when compared to the widely-subscribed view of how modern civilization began. Hancock, especially, is good at presenting the evidence he's found and suggesting a theory. But he in no way advocates a non-scientific approach. I recommend his Fingerprints of the Gods and Underworld.

"...I have decided that starting with evidence and then developing theories is the wrong path..."

Yeah. This is the kind of science I have confidence in.

Which is, unfortunately, exactly the mind-set many of these pseudo-scientists have. They start with a conclusion and look for the right answers to fill in the gaps.

 

[xssve]

Populations under social/environmental stress often retreat into magical thinking, get used to it; this stuff serves as a nice counterweight to Christian RPG's.

 

[Shwenn]

Which is, unfortunately, exactly the mind-set many of these pseudo-scientists have. They start with a conclusion and look for the right answers to fill in the gaps.

Did somebody say creationism?

Best presentation of evidence of the supernatural ever given.

Seriously, anybody who isn't awed by this piece of writing doesn't know good writing from a hole in the ground.

 

[slyc_willie]

Did somebody say creationism?

Best presentation of evidence of the supernatural ever given.

Seriously, anybody who isn't awed by this piece of writing doesn't know good writing from a hole in the ground.

It is very witty. And it illustrates perfectly the idea of perception vs. reality.

What always gets me about naysayers of any theory or idea is to what degree they instantly and completely denounce not only a theory but also those who advance it.

I give them as much credence as anyone wearing a tin foil hat.