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"The Lost Millennium" - Dr. Florin Diacu.: A [University of Victoria] mathematician's new book discusses the extraordinary idea that our calendars are more than 1,000 years off.
Since the planets move in regular and predictable ways, events in history can theoretically be pinned down as to exact date by astronomical (?) events which are mentioned in the histories. But some of these astronomical events which are mentioned as happening at the same time (ETA: happening at the same time as historical events) just don't match up.* So, some mathematicians are thinking that it's possible that we've located many historical events incorrectly, and that they could in fact have happened far later than they have been thought to have happened.
Personally I'm thinking mathematicians ought not believe everything they read. People might not have been reporting those movements of the stars and planets exactly correctly. The eclipse mentioned in the Bible at the Crucifixion as hours long might only have seemed that way to the observers. I've had customers at work tell me they've been waiting in line for over an hour when I know it can only have been fifteen minutes.
*That's a totally crappy sentence. Read the article, it'll make sense.
Since the planets move in regular and predictable ways, events in history can theoretically be pinned down as to exact date by astronomical (?) events which are mentioned in the histories. But some of these astronomical events which are mentioned as happening at the same time (ETA: happening at the same time as historical events) just don't match up.* So, some mathematicians are thinking that it's possible that we've located many historical events incorrectly, and that they could in fact have happened far later than they have been thought to have happened.
Personally I'm thinking mathematicians ought not believe everything they read. People might not have been reporting those movements of the stars and planets exactly correctly. The eclipse mentioned in the Bible at the Crucifixion as hours long might only have seemed that way to the observers. I've had customers at work tell me they've been waiting in line for over an hour when I know it can only have been fifteen minutes.
*That's a totally crappy sentence. Read the article, it'll make sense.
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