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PostPosted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 3:01 am 
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has any one heard of this its called oopart, it stands for "Out of Place Artifact" its usually these items or objects from the past that is ether really advanced for its time of or even go back before human history. heres the wiki article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OOPART ,
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http://ufoarea.com/main_relics.html

http://s8int.com/index.html
(I put this in r and p cause some people find this phenomena proof of creation).

warning: best not to believe everything you see on these sites so be carefull

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That's pretty interesting, though the Wiki doesn't have many pictures of these artifacts, which is a shame. I'm intrigued by these microscopic artifacts supposedly found in Russia. And the Baghdad Battery - maybe that's not so out of place, because the Mesopotamians were a pretty well-advanced culture.


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I don't really think this happened, but here is a theory that I came up with: A very long time ago, there was a civilization much larger and more technological (if that's a word) than ours is today. Once, they had a gigantic "world war." All of the countries used all of their nuclear weapons and all that stuff on each other. After that, the whole world was basically destroyed except for the few people that survived. They didn't remember how to make any of the technology, so they basically had to start over. And the same thing is bound to happen again and again and again.


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yea I'm not too sure how to think of this stuff.

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Smorky wrote:
I don't really think this happened, but here is a theory that I came up with: A very long time ago, there was a civilization much larger and more technological (if that's a word) than ours is today. Once, they had a gigantic "world war." All of the countries used all of their nuclear weapons and all that stuff on each other. After that, the whole world was basically destroyed except for the few people that survived. They didn't remember how to make any of the technology, so they basically had to start over. And the same thing is bound to happen again and again and again.


Naw, we would see remnance of that, as nuclear bombs create radiation. Think even more advanced, and maybe you have an idea. Plus, stories would probably get passed on, since it would be such a fantastic sight. (Look up fantastic if you think this sounds completely wrong)


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Ju Ju Master wrote:
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I don't really think this happened, but here is a theory that I came up with: A very long time ago, there was a civilization much larger and more technological (if that's a word) than ours is today. Once, they had a gigantic "world war." All of the countries used all of their nuclear weapons and all that stuff on each other. After that, the whole world was basically destroyed except for the few people that survived. They didn't remember how to make any of the technology, so they basically had to start over. And the same thing is bound to happen again and again and again.


Naw, we would see remnance of that, as nuclear bombs create radiation. Think even more advanced, and maybe you have an idea. Plus, stories would probably get passed on, since it would be such a fantastic sight. (Look up fantastic if you think this sounds completely wrong)


Well, some sort of super weapon that wouldn't leave any radiation or anything. And the reason we wouldn't see any remnants is because the weapons would be so powerful that they would destroy everything (except for the few people and ooparts that survived)


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And the Baghdad Battery - maybe that's not so out of place, because the Mesopotamians were a pretty well-advanced culture.

yea I would aggree with that but it was most likely used for religious perposes.

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And the Baghdad Battery - maybe that's not so out of place, because the Mesopotamians were a pretty well-advanced culture.

yea I would aggree with that but it was most likely used for religious perposes.

I never understood why someone would build the battery in the first place.. Like, was someone just sitting around one day and randomly decided that they were going to put 2 different kinds of metal and an acid into a clay pot.. "Oh well, I've got nothing better to do. Might as well add some copper and zinc to this pot. Well, there's a lot of empty space, I should fill that with some vinegar. Hey, this tingles".
I often wonder that about a lot of things that were invented before the inventors had a use for them.

by the way, "oopart" sounds like the sound someone in need of some Pepto Bismol would make.

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I think that battery thing was just made accidently. same with whoever discovered cows make good milk.

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I never understood why someone would build the battery in the first place.. Like, was someone just sitting around one day and randomly decided that they were going to put 2 different kinds of metal and an acid into a clay pot.. "Oh well, I've got nothing better to do. Might as well add some copper and zinc to this pot. Well, there's a lot of empty space, I should fill that with some vinegar. Hey, this tingles".
I often wonder that about a lot of things that were invented before the inventors had a use for them.

by the way, "oopart" sounds like the sound someone in need of some Pepto Bismol would make.

yea I know, its kind of stupid that someone would of just come up with that .Image heres a pic that shows the inerds of the device if anybody is interested. it could have been used for medicle perposes like one day a few babylonian alcamists were just trying to find a cure for the common cold or something.

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StrongRad wrote:
by the way, "oopart" sounds like the sound someone in need of some Pepto Bismol would make.


Or when you cram some oopart down your pants. :mrgreen:

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it could have been used for medicle perposes like one day a few babylonian alcamists were just trying to find a cure for the common cold or something.


Possible, it's interesting how medical science has always been that tie between the other sciences. The interest in botany and biology comes from it, which links it to chemistry. Do they know if that battery actually worked, khan?


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Wow, thats really interesting, and kinda spooky.


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Possible, it's interesting how medical science has always been that tie between the other sciences. The interest in botany and biology comes from it, which links it to chemistry. Do they know if that battery actually worked, khan?

I saw some guys on the Discovery Channel who made one to test it out. It didn't produce much of a charge unless you hooked a couple dozen of them together.

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Possible, it's interesting how medical science has always been that tie between the other sciences. The interest in botany and biology comes from it, which links it to chemistry. Do they know if that battery actually worked, khan?

the only test ( as I know of ) of it actually working was on mythbuster, which the show I think didymus was talking about

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Possible, it's interesting how medical science has always been that tie between the other sciences. The interest in botany and biology comes from it, which links it to chemistry. Do they know if that battery actually worked, khan?

the only test ( as I know of ) of it actually working was on mythbuster, which the show I think didymus was talking about

There's not a lot of debate as to whether it would work, I mean, you put two different metals into an electrolyte solution, you get a voltage difference... The real question is "Why was it built in the first place?" and "Was it really built when we think it was?".. Like most things of this nature, it's hard to tell the former. The latter can usually be easily determined.

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how about the Dorchester Pot found in massachusetts http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorchester_Pot .

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My take on this kinda depends on when it disappeared. When it was discovered in 1851, modern dating techniques weren't even dreams.
I guess my big question is "How did they make this 10,000 year old estimate, and was it the generally accepted one?". I say this, because, if I found something in a field, I could estimate it to be 20000 years old, when, in fact, it might only be 400 years old. Anyone writing about it could have said that the object was estimated to have been 20000 years old, and they would have been right..

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I think they came up with the estemate judging by the fact that it was found in a certain type of stone that takes that long to develop.

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