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Ancient History · Post by **Ancient History** » Fri Nov 06, 2015 3:58 pm

1) Ben Carson was a highly-educated surgeon, yes. Highly-educated people can still hold very erroneous views of things, and Carson in particular has doubled-down on Biblical literalism, eschewing several basic scientific ideas in the process. Claiming that the pyramids were used to store grain is just icing on a particularly weird cake.

2) The whole idea that "the pyramids were used to store grain" or that "the Jews were enslaved to build the pyramids" aren't actually from the Bible, in its various incarnations. The idea that Jewish slaves built the pyramids was promulgated thousands of years later by the Jewish historian Josephus in his Antiquities; the whole identification with the storehouses of grain in the story of Joseph in Genesis was a later medieval Christian gloss.

Now, as Kaelik mentions, it takes a while for research to filter through educational systems, and plenty of textbooks are laughably out-of-date or inaccurate - Columbus discovering America, that sort of thing - and "popular myths" tend to get propagated as fact, like the more popular accounts of Paul Revere's ride. And the whole "slave labor built the pyramids" is a successful meme for a lot of reasons beyond straight biblical literalism. But yeah, this is Carson digging up a really old and disproven chestnut. He should know better, and in fact probably does know better, but he has an image of a biblical literalist to maintain.

Maj · Post by **Maj** » Fri Nov 06, 2015 5:38 pm

To be fair, archaeologists didn't discover proof that the Pyramids weren't built by slave labor until the 1990s. But I was never taught in school that the Israelites were slaves in Egypt. That was all church. School didn't make any mention of Israelites at all.

Carson, I think, has been trying to exaggerate things in order to make the point that church has been a valuable life experience. Whether he's deliberately lying or just deluded may still be questioned, but the fact that you can't believe a word that comes out of his mouth shouldn't be.

erik · Post by **erik** » Fri Nov 06, 2015 6:56 pm

In my experience surgeons are a lot like engineers. Despite the foundations of their craft being rooted in science and objectivity, they scorn science outside their field. Worse is if they're experts in their field then they conflate that expertise as being adept everywhere else as good surgeons may micromanage to run their OR as seen fit.

So I totally believe that Carson is in his own bubble of ignorance and arrogance. If he were being Machiavellian and lying for gain then he probably also have the sense to not smile and laugh when victim blaming for gun murders, or admitting to attempted murder himself. I think he just doesn't censor his thoughts and most of them are ill informed.

Maj · Post by **Maj** » Fri Nov 06, 2015 7:02 pm

Maybe not... He admitted lying about applying for and being accepted into West Point. He could just be pathological.

Why is this in the Image Macros thread?

RobbyPants · Post by **RobbyPants** » Fri Nov 06, 2015 7:55 pm

Maj wrote: Why is this in the Image Macros thread?

Because of the Aliens Guy/Carson macro last page.

erik · Post by **erik** » Fri Nov 06, 2015 11:50 pm

Shit, my bad.

Ancient History · Post by **Ancient History** » Sat Nov 07, 2015 3:08 am

Now for an entirely different flavor of boob!

Darth Rabbitt · Post by **Darth Rabbitt** » Sat Nov 07, 2015 3:25 am

Gives a new meaning to "turkey breast."

Count Arioch the 28th · Sat Nov 07, 2015 6:28 am

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Sat Nov 07, 2015 6:42 am

Leress · Post by **Leress** » Sat Nov 07, 2015 7:05 pm

I made this one after reading an article.

http://flashfictiononline.com/main/2015 ... slushpile/

Shatner · Post by **Shatner** » Sat Nov 07, 2015 7:08 pm

My wife, an editor, has a fridge magnet that reads
"Let's eat grandma!"
"Let's eat, grandma!"
"Punctuation saves lives"

Leress · Post by **Leress** » Sat Nov 07, 2015 7:24 pm

erik · Post by **erik** » Tue Nov 10, 2015 1:41 pm

angelfromanotherpin · Post by **angelfromanotherpin** » Tue Nov 10, 2015 4:32 pm

Epic troll mock-up of 'leaked' soundtrack for the Force Awakens.

Ancient History · Post by **Ancient History** » Wed Nov 11, 2015 5:07 pm

hyzmarca · Post by **hyzmarca** » Thu Nov 12, 2015 12:27 am

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Fri Nov 13, 2015 12:04 am

I wasn't aware Koumei cosplayed.

Occluded Sun · Post by **Occluded Sun** » Fri Nov 13, 2015 9:59 pm

erik wrote:In my experience surgeons are a lot like engineers.

In my experience surgeons are prima donnas who have grossly inflated ideas about their own competence.

For valid reasons: humble people would have a great deal of trouble getting up the courage to cut people open. That requires a great deal of confidence, and the competence that would appropriately result in that level of confidence is very, very rare.

So most surgeons develop delusions that permit them to function, to a degree. Engineers often develop irrational convictions that they can analyze and understand systems, but the nature of their hubris is different.

ishy · Post by **ishy** » Fri Nov 13, 2015 11:21 pm

> Form contract with Oscar, become magical girl

Shatner · Post by **Shatner** » Fri Nov 13, 2015 11:26 pm

I've really been enjoying that webcomic lately. The drinking contest sequence alone is worth the price of admission. I believe the site was recommended to me in this forum so, yeah, thanks for that, Den.

Ancient History · Post by **Ancient History** » Sat Nov 14, 2015 5:09 pm

schpeelah · Post by **schpeelah** » Sat Nov 14, 2015 7:03 pm

That anime is this from?

Longes · Post by **Longes** » Sat Nov 14, 2015 10:07 pm

It's from an in-universe anime in "Mayoi Neko Overrun!".

schpeelah · Post by **schpeelah** » Sat Nov 14, 2015 10:10 pm

Damn. I really wanted to watch that.