Dear Mr. Beene, et.al.:
The 'knowledge filter' which has polluted the scientific process has been around since the beginning of that process. after all, we are only 'human'. There is extensive evidence in the field of archaeology, some of which being described in the book, "Forbidden Archaeology". Although I have a problem with some of their examples, and an underlying premise, they have a very extensive bibliography so one can find and analyze their sources. Their book makes a very strong case that the exact same 'mentality' that has prevented LENR from progress (i.e., evidence which contradicts mainstream theory, is very quickly rejected and even ridiculed) is also present in the field of archaeology, and most likely all fields of science. Below are a few excerpts which are typical of their case. ======================= The treatment received by Lee is not an isolated case. In the 1960s, anthropologists uncovered advanced stone tools at Hueyatlaco, Mexico. Geologist Virginia Steen-McIntyre and other members of a U.S. Geological Survey team obtained an age of about 250,000 years for the sites implement-bearing layers. This challenged not only standard views of New World anthropology but also the whole standard picture of human origins. Humans capable of making the kind of tools found at Hueyatlaco are not thought to have come into existence until around 100,000 years ago in Africa. Virginia Steen-McIntyre experienced difficulty in getting her dating study on Hueyatlaco published. "The problem as I see it is much bigger than Hueyatlaco," she wrote to Estella Leopold, associate editor of Quaternary Research. "It concerns the manipulation of scientific thought through the suppression of 'Enigmatic Data,' data that challenges the prevailing mode of thinking. Hueyatlaco certainly does that! Not being an anthropologist, I didn't realize the full significance of our dates back in 1973, nor how deeply woven into our thought the current theory of human evolution has become. Our work at Hueyatlaco has been rejected by most archaeologists because it contradicts that theory, period." This pattern of data suppression has a long history. In 1880, J. D. Whitney, the state geologist of California, published a lengthy review of advanced stone tools found in California gold mines. The implements, including spear points and stone mortars and pestles, were found deep in mine shafts, underneath thick, undisturbed layers of lava, in formations that geologists now say are from 9 million to over 55 million years old. W. H. Holmes of the Smithsonian Institution, one of the most vocal nineteenth-century critics of the California finds, wrote: "Perhaps if Professor Whitney had fully appreciated the story of human evolution as it is understood today, he would have hesitated to announce the conclusions formulated [that humans existed in very ancient times in North America], notwithstanding the imposing array of testimony with which he was confronted." In other words, if the facts do not agree with the favored theory, then such facts, even an imposing array of them, must be discarded. ======================== I have read Forbidden Archaeology. all 900+ pages and found it thought-provoking. -Mark Iverson From: Terry Blanton [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, July 08, 2013 11:40 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Vo]:OT- Google.com and Roswell Day Anniversary---FUN On Mon, Jul 8, 2013 at 1:29 PM, Jones Beene <[email protected]> wrote: There is no good forensic evidence for physical visitation but there should be, if it were true. Heck, we can even tell what Otzi the ice-man had for his last meal 5,300 years ago but not a single bit of alien DNA has turned up. Not so fast there, Kimosabe Bean: http://www.starchildproject.com/ -Gilbert Grape, aka Jack Sparrow (starring on Tonto's head) (Depp has not had such a poor opening since he dated AJ in The Tourist.)
