C Wayne Taylor Wrote:
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> Hi Hermione,
>
> >However, can I remind you that the onus of
> providing cultural evidence to support your theory
> still lies with you.
>
> Again, I respectfully disagree. The
> "quarter-base" method has been presented. Anyone
> who
> wants to dispute it is free to present their
> argument.
>
>
Your argument here relies upon the lack of evidence against the accuracy of your coincidence for its disproof. This is known as the Fallacy of Negative Proof:
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The fallacy of appealing to lack of proof of the negative is a logical fallacy of the following form:
"X is true because there is no proof that X is false."
It is asserted that a proposition is true, only because it has not been proven false. [
en.wikipedia.org]
All you have done here is demonstrate that the measurements involved in this particular coincidence are accurate, nothing more. This demonstration, however, in no way proves that the design was the least bit intentional on the part of the pyramid builders of Dynasty IV.
You might also benenfit from understanding the nature of a non sequitur argument, which is what has been presented here by you and others seeking modern geometric explanations for cultural choices in ancient Egypt.
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Non sequitur is Latin for "it does not follow." In formal logic, an argument is a non sequitur if the conclusion does not follow from the premise. In a non sequitur, the conclusion can be either true or false, but the argument is a fallacy because the conclusion does not follow from the premise. [
en.wikipedia.org]
Suggesting the measurements were an intentional consideration in the construction of the plateau is a non sequitur, since the degree of coincidence in no way serves as evidence of that intent.
Now, if you are going to ask "where did I say this was an intentional design element put there by the Egyptians?", then I will head you off by categorically demanding that you explain why you have taken up dozens of posts, hundreds of megabytes of bandwitdh and countless hours of everyones' time by posting meaningless geometric pictures.
Anthony
You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him think.
