I think this is your best yet. In particular I didn't know about the Hamilton-Burr gap, or the recently discovered Roman Emperor. But the whole idea is fascinating.
So I would suggest an addition between gaps that matter versus ones that don't. Whoever shot first with Hamilton-Burr is interesting but would it change the big narrative much?
But some possible gaps could be quite dramatic. For example, whether there were sophisticated civilizations that pre-dated the earlies ones we know about? Imagine a Rome level civilization 75,000 years ago that lasted 3,000 years and then collapsed into a long dark period until around 4000 BCE or so. If that turns out to be the story that's pretty amazing. If we are able to rule that out entirely, less amazing because it doesn't overturn our current narrative but still helpful.
Yes, that's an interesting question! In a lot of ways, most of "deeptime" is one big gap. I've read some intriguing speculation based on linguistic and genetic evidence, but even if we accept all those guesses they're only a bare outline. I would think that Roman-level civilization would leave some archaeological trace? But we do know of long-distance trade as early as the 1200's BC in Europe.
On another note, I think that the Hamilton-Burr duel, specifically is still an interesting gap, because the question of who shot first impacts how we might analyzing their characters. They're significant people in early American history, and we know a lot about them otherwise, so their characters matter.
Personally I wouldn't change my perception of either if there was some way to learn who shot first. Then I thought it was kind of silly George Lucas made a rather unconvincing change to assure everyone that Han Solo couldn't have shot first.
You may be interested in this video I stumbled over. It's a bit borderline in terms of speculation but it's not the first time I've heard a plausible sounding case that Earth had civilization(s) more than 10K years ago.
I'm not quite clear what the connection is to the 'two day orbit' he discovered unless you want to imagine some sort of monolith concept ala 2001.
He does seem to be hinting at Ancient Aliens with that two-day orbit concept... except that his reasoning doesn't really check out unless he disputes the dates for a lot of the sites on that orbit. For instance, Mohenjo-Daro was abandoned around 1700 BC, Persepolis was built in the 500's BC and destroyed in the 300's, and Preah Vihear was built in the 800's AD. That also seems to rebut his argument that those sites' stonework techniques were a remnant of some very ancient civilization; if so, how come Cambodia remembered them until the 800's AD without those memories being recorded anywhere?
That said, I really do agree with him that more exploration on the continental shelf would be profitable. And, the Younger Dryas impact is an intriguing idea.
I think this is your best yet. In particular I didn't know about the Hamilton-Burr gap, or the recently discovered Roman Emperor. But the whole idea is fascinating.
So I would suggest an addition between gaps that matter versus ones that don't. Whoever shot first with Hamilton-Burr is interesting but would it change the big narrative much?
But some possible gaps could be quite dramatic. For example, whether there were sophisticated civilizations that pre-dated the earlies ones we know about? Imagine a Rome level civilization 75,000 years ago that lasted 3,000 years and then collapsed into a long dark period until around 4000 BCE or so. If that turns out to be the story that's pretty amazing. If we are able to rule that out entirely, less amazing because it doesn't overturn our current narrative but still helpful.
Yes, that's an interesting question! In a lot of ways, most of "deeptime" is one big gap. I've read some intriguing speculation based on linguistic and genetic evidence, but even if we accept all those guesses they're only a bare outline. I would think that Roman-level civilization would leave some archaeological trace? But we do know of long-distance trade as early as the 1200's BC in Europe.
On another note, I think that the Hamilton-Burr duel, specifically is still an interesting gap, because the question of who shot first impacts how we might analyzing their characters. They're significant people in early American history, and we know a lot about them otherwise, so their characters matter.
Personally I wouldn't change my perception of either if there was some way to learn who shot first. Then I thought it was kind of silly George Lucas made a rather unconvincing change to assure everyone that Han Solo couldn't have shot first.
You may be interested in this video I stumbled over. It's a bit borderline in terms of speculation but it's not the first time I've heard a plausible sounding case that Earth had civilization(s) more than 10K years ago.
I'm not quite clear what the connection is to the 'two day orbit' he discovered unless you want to imagine some sort of monolith concept ala 2001.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HytJn6uaRk
Thanks for the link.
He does seem to be hinting at Ancient Aliens with that two-day orbit concept... except that his reasoning doesn't really check out unless he disputes the dates for a lot of the sites on that orbit. For instance, Mohenjo-Daro was abandoned around 1700 BC, Persepolis was built in the 500's BC and destroyed in the 300's, and Preah Vihear was built in the 800's AD. That also seems to rebut his argument that those sites' stonework techniques were a remnant of some very ancient civilization; if so, how come Cambodia remembered them until the 800's AD without those memories being recorded anywhere?
That said, I really do agree with him that more exploration on the continental shelf would be profitable. And, the Younger Dryas impact is an intriguing idea.