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	Science Forum Forum Index » Pseudoscience » Poll: OOPARTS: real of fake?  Poll: OOPARTS: real of fake? « View previous topic :: View next topic »  Author Message Sciler Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 3:06 am    Post subject: Poll: OOPARTS: real of fake? Forum Freshman Joined: 10 May 2008 Posts: 43 Location: UK I've been looking on the net and have found what are claimed to be OOPARTS, artifacts out of time and space ie the 'Bagdad battery' which is an accient electro platting machine. Are any of them real? Ooops forgot to put the poll in! Back to top SuperNatendo Posted: Fri May 16, 2008 10:28 am    Post subject: Forum Masters Degree Joined: 10 Dec 2007 Posts: 518 Location: Nashville, TN USA The Baghdad battery is indeed real, they were probably used to make cheaper statues more expensive by tricking other countries that they were solid gold. The question now being posed is did the inventors of the battery understand why the Baghdad battery worked, meaning did they understand basic principles of electricity or did they build it by accident? Personally I think the original inventor would have understood electricity as well as anyone working with electricity in the mid to late 1800's would have, but that knowledge somehow became lost and the invention may have been copied for a while before its purpose was fully forgotten. I too have seen the ooparts websites, some of the stuff can be discredited, some of it has a grain of truth. It depends on the evidence provided. _________________ “It’s no wonder that truth is stranger than fiction. Fiction has to make sense.â€� - Mark Twain Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First     Page 1 of 1 Science Forum Forum Index » Pseudoscience » Poll: OOPARTS: real of fake? Jump to: Select a forum Natural Sciences----------------Astronomy & CosmologyBiologyChemistryEarth SciencesMathematicsPhysics People----------------Behavioral & Social SciencesHealth & MedicinePhilosophical DiscussionHistoryReligionPoliticsCriminology and Forensic Science General Technology----------------Computer ScienceElectronicsMilitary Technology Information Technology----------------Business & EconomicsEducationEngineering & Transportation International Issues----------------Environmental IssuesIn the News The Science Forum----------------General DiscussionIntroductionsScience-Fiction and Non-FictionExperimentationPseudoscienceLinksArt and Culture Site Administration----------------Site FeedbackTrash Can  You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum
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