Finally, I've watched all eight episodes of Graham Hancock's documentary series Ancient Apocalypse at Netflix. For people who are new to Graham Hancock's storytelling, this Netflix series is either (very) interesting or pseudoscience. I prefer the first, despite Hancock's rather annoying habits. I suppose my interest in ancient history was reignited when I visited...
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Why are circles – or cycles – dominant?
13 Dec, 2022
People say that history has a habit of repeating itself - a.k.a. historic recurrence. The same phenomenon (ie, circles or cycles) is also found in astronomy, business & economy, cardiac, cells, climate, history, menstruation, sun, technology, and life itself. Why are circles - or cycles - so dominant? This dominance of circles / cycles is as old as planet Earth...
Ancient origins
30 Nov, 2022
In 1995, Graham Hancock published his book Fingerprints of the Gods, which "has been translated into 27 languages and is estimated to have sold five million copies around the world." About a decade later, I received it from my then neighbours. That book raised my curiosity on ancient history. Hancock's rather annoying way of storytelling is still the same in his...
Language = communication + decoding
21 Nov, 2022
The Sumerian civilization is credited with having invented language, amongst many other inventions still in use today (eg, agriculture, calendar / time). If the neighbouring Akkadian empire had not been able to decipher Sumerian cuneiform script, the Sumerian language would only have been unknown communication. "Understanding Egyptian hieroglyphics took the lucky...
Saving grace heals the pains
11 Oct, 2022
I noticed the expression above in Cold Case (ie, Se3, Ep7), a crime-drama TV series rated 7.6 in IMDb. This unfamiliar expression raised my curiosity right away. A saving grace is "something positive in an otherwise bad situation". Hence, the addition "heals the pains". My friend's recent death (see my blog) fits the expression above. I'm relieved that his suffering...
Dimensions: spacetime and assumed others (2)
25 Jul, 2022
On 19 May 2017, I published part 1 of this blog. In 2021, I wrote two updates: (i) Is consciousness a dimension not limited by space and time? and (ii) The SpaceTime dimension and the alternate Energy-Matter dimension. In 2022, this topic has returned several times. Hence, it's time for an overhaul. According to Albert Einstein, spacetime is probably only one...
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