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Re: I am now a blackbelt!
Xiaou2:
Could have sworn the doc said desert... but I guess I wasnt paying enough
attention at the time. It was running in the background while I was doing pc
work.
Also:
"Terra preta sites are also known in other South American areas (Ecuador, Peru, Guyana),[15] in West Africa (Benin, Liberia), and on the South African savannas[3]. Similar soil was found in late Roman Britain — see dark earth."
Anyways, according to whats said, is that the sheer number of population
that was witnessed by the elder explorers, is said to be impossible
,by modern scientists, to feed using standard agricultural methodologies in
that area. The Terra Pretta was the only thing that made it possible to
grow so much food in such infertile soils, and not have the soils destroyed
in a short time period.
The Secret, is not only in the results, which rival current soil and fertalizer
methods, but also its production. If you Read and understood the article in
its entirety, you would have realized this and more... But I have this feeling
you have the mind and attention span of a child, and so this stuff is way
beyond your comprehension.
There are plenty of people much smarter than you interested in this
discovery. Wiki list about 4 universities and 3 companies currently working
to discover its secrets.
And this is far from the only technological secret that has been lost to history,
that rivals some current tech we have today.
shmokes:
--- Quote from: Xiaou2 on March 27, 2010, 01:35:47 pm ---
you have the mind and attention span of a child, and so this stuff is way
beyond your comprehension.
There are plenty of people much smarter than you interested in this
discovery.
--- End quote ---
Xiaou, I love that you're the one insulting people's intelligence after claiming that there was an ancient recipe for growing crops in desert sands only to provide the links to enriching soil with charcoal. You're right. Enriching soil is neat. It's also a far cry from
--- Quote from: Xiaou2 on March 26, 2010, 04:57:11 pm ---
an ancient civilization who made a certain mixture of ingredients, and was able
to grow massive luscious food crops, on the desert sands.
--- End quote ---
Xiaou2:
There is a Huge difference between getting a detail wrong, than in actual
thought processes, logic, reasoning, and attitude.
And no, there is not too much difference:
an ancient civilization who made a certain mixture of ingredients, and was able
to grow massive luscious food crops, in a soil depleting environment.
Without the mixture, their crops would have failed in a short time, and
when was working, never would have been able to grow the amount of crops/food
that they did manage to grow with the mixture.
Also, the mixture is more than simply charcole... else there would be no need
for 4 universities and 3 companies working to figure it out.
It is no Surprise that competent thinking is beyond you as well.
shmokes:
--- Quote from: Xiaou2 on March 27, 2010, 09:44:23 pm ---
It is no Surprise that competent thinking is beyond you as well.
--- End quote ---
Xiaou, you should take a sample LSAT exam (law school admission test). Unlike most exams of this sort you don't need any specialized knowledge. It tests logical reasoning (2 sections), analytical reasoning and reading comprehension. It's actually sort of a fun test -- like taking those online IQ tests, only much more rigorous and well designed. You can get a free sample exam here: http://www.lsac.org/pdfs/test.pdf. Remember, no cheating. Exactly 35 minutes per section. Since the LSAT requires no specialized knowledge, time is the only thing keeping you from a perfect score. Almost anybody could get a perfect score given enough time since the answers are contained within each question.
Who knows . . . maybe you'll realize that you're perfectly suited to law school. Let me know how well you do. I'm curious to know how much more competent a thinker you are than me.
Edit: Fixed link
patrickl:
I'm afraid we are no match for the mystical powers/imagination of X
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