I was just thinking about some of this stuff. The pyramids FFS!
Was it all a waste?
Human 'achievements' in the name of woo.
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Re: Human 'achievements' in the name of woo.
I imagine it trained a generation of stone masons of some sort, and developed construction techniques that were applied elsewhere in Egypt... Maybe...Rum wrote:I was just thinking about some of this stuff. The pyramids FFS!
Was it all a waste?
It was only partly woo. To an extent, it was yet another grandiose gesture by a human ruler, wanting to be remembered by the future. Egotistical, and with trappings of woo, but a very human motive...
It gave later cilvilisations a sense of awe at the accomplishments of men. Pagans, at that...
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some of the most beautiful buildings are born of woo.
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Re: Human 'achievements' in the name of woo.
"The Devil may have the best tunes, but God has the best buildings ..." - Jonathan Meadesstripes4 wrote:some of the most beautiful buildings are born of woo.
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Woo Hengestripes4 wrote:some of the most beautiful buildings are born of woo.
Woominster Abbey.
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It's probably a good lightning rod ...
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The Woo Mosque.
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I suppose it all falls to dust in the end anyway so it does not matter. but it strikes me that humans seem to need something to motivate them for grander and/or better things, irrespective of the point of them or the driving force. We seem to have a creative, restless energy, often focused on the stupidest most pointless things.
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Most of Rome if you come down to it. 
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Rationalia?Rum wrote:We seem to have a creative, restless energy, often focused on the stupidest most pointless things.
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Quite so. At least we recognise the futility and revel in it.Clinton Huxley wrote:Rationalia?Rum wrote:We seem to have a creative, restless energy, often focused on the stupidest most pointless things.
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Think of the Bower Bird...Rum wrote:I suppose it all falls to dust in the end anyway so it does not matter. but it strikes me that humans seem to need something to motivate them for grander and/or better things, irrespective of the point of them or the driving force. We seem to have a creative, restless energy, often focused on the stupidest most pointless things.
Think of Potlach ceremonies...
We will always be creatures, with our genetic heritage carved deep...
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Nah, those were from a bet.Gawdzilla wrote: Easter Island's Big Heads.
Alcohol was involved.
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Or sex.Santa_Claus wrote:Nah, those were from a bet.Gawdzilla wrote: Easter Island's Big Heads.
Alcohol was involved.
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