Ancient Peruvians rode dinosaurs?

[Retribution]

I doubt it, but it's interesting.

 

http://www.omniology.com/IcaPeruDinoArt.html

[Fifoo]

Thanks for the link, Retribution, very interesting indeed. There are some reasons why I could think it is probably a fake and a hoax exposing the credulity of the public and the media... until the scientist community gave refutation about that.

 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPO6h8M6DI4

 

 

Use of vague, exaggerated or untestable claims

- "THERE ARE 1100 OF THESE BURIAL STONES IN Dr. CABRERAS' COLLECTION IN ICA PERU. THEIR ART FORM AND LOCATION OF FINDS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE INCA CULTURE, c.a. 500-1500 AD"

 

It's seems slightly odd that pictures containing such detail are not present on any ancient architecture of the time but only on these stones coming from the same time than Nazca Lines.

 

"The Nazca Lines are a series of ancient geoglyphs located in the Nazca Desert of Peru. They have been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The high, arid plateau stretches more than 80 kilometres (50 mi) between the towns of Nazca and Palpa on the Pampas de Jumana. Although some local geoglyphs resemble Paracas motifs, scholars believe the Nazca Lines were created by the Nazca culture between 200 BCE and 700 CE. The hundreds of individual figures range in complexity from simple lines to stylized hummingbirds, spiders, monkeys, fish, sharks or orcas, llamas, and lizards." - Wiki.

 

And no mentions about dinosaurs, staggering coming from the same civilisation.

 

Probably seized by Creationists as evidence of humans living in proximity with dinosaurs, believers in Ancient astronauts as evidence of a lost, advanced civilization brought to man from other planets, and mytho-historians claiming them as evidence that ancient myths are literal truths. Skeptics, see Scientific skepticism, consider them hoaxes created for a gullible tourist trade - the farmer was arrested for selling the stones to tourists... and Dr. Cabrera's museum is listed as a tourist site by the Peruvian National Chamber of Tourism. The stones themselves can not be dated due to a lack of organic deposits, and the purported original location of the stones has never been identified, much less excavated by scientists.

 

For more informations take a look at the Robert Todd Carroll Skeptic's Dictionary and more about Ica Stones - The Skeptic's Dictionary (english) and Pierres d'Ica - Les Sceptiques du Québec (french).

 

 

Use of misleading language

 

- "OMNIOLOGY" and "OMNIOLOGICAL SOCIETY"

 

What does it mean... sorry but they are unknown (or not allowed) in France and even on Wiki, try it... The fact is that they deliver some sort of "Certificate of Omniology" and an "Omniologist is one who studies everything and specializes in omniology" - quote from site main page. Could someone tell me more about their activities, how they are working and what kind of business they make besides - to comprehend Omniology, reading some extra-books and CDs like "The Highest Level of Enlightenment" from Dr H. for example are recomended, talking about Kinesiology. I'm very keen to learn about sunny side of things surrounding us and love to do it thoroughly but sorry for this time it sounds like to be a pseudoscience.

 

- "DERMIL FRILLS AND ROSETTE PATTERN ON THE DINOSAUR" and "DIRMAL FRILLS" (both saying)

 

I have tried to understand what it means and my translator failed to give a coherent response, and as luck would have it, when you make some google search as a result you are prior linked to their site www.omniology.com and other ones such as sciencevsevolution.com, www.abovetopsecret.com or some others blogs. [Off-topic] Be aware of using some kind of software designed to block advertising and malware while surfing unknowned sites - stay safe around the net! [On topic] I'm ok with the word "DERMAL" (anatomy), and "FRILL" (clothing), maybe it's a... of course should I have known better, a soft tissue of a dinosaur?

 

- "THE ENTIRE METAPHYSICAL RELIGION OF MACRO-EVOLUTIONISM IS BEING EXPOSED FOR THE ENEMY AND OPPRESSOR OF TRUTH IN SCIENCE"

 

Creating scientific-sounding terms in order to add weight to claims and persuade non-experts to believe statements that may be false or meaningless.

 

 

Personalization of issues

 

- "IF YOU AGREE WITH THE NEED TO GET THIS INFORMATION OUT TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC, PLEASE E-MAIL OUR WEB SITE TO YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS"

 

Why not sharing it to the scientist communities? Perhaps they are not so easily misleaded... Tight social groups and groupthink can enhance the adoption of beliefs that have no rational basis. In attempting to confirm their beliefs, the group tends to identify their critics as enemies.

 

 

Conclusion

 

Surely the whole purpose of creating a forgery is to make it appear genuine.

 

Friedrich Nietzsche said: “The essential element in the black art of obscurantism is not that it wants to darken individual understanding, but that it wants to blacken our picture of the world, and darken our idea of existence.”

 

We should think about that saying, really...

 

Isn't the "OMNIOLOGICAL SOCIETY" claiming that "The California Institute of Omniology holds to the fact that all theories of Origins, lacking empirical verification, are metaphysical and religious in nature. Therefore, they require and deserve equal examination, evaluation, and, critical review in the spirit of true academic freedom in science." - quote from site main page.

 

Sorry for being rude but they didn't hit the nail on the head here to say the least. :confused: