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| Source: See LiveScience link below. |
A sword studded in seashells and caked in sand, found at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea near Israel, was likely dropped there by a Crusader during battle between 800 and 900 years ago, a new analysis reveals.
Divers discovered the medieval weapon, whose blade measures nearly 3 feet (88 centimeters) long and 1.8 inches (4.6 cm) wide, in 2021 during an underwater expedition. Because the sword was heavily coated in concretions, archaeologists were initially limited in what they could learn about the artifact.
However, those very same caked-on deposits also preserved the weapon. With the help of X-rays, researchers were able to "visually penetrate the layers of marine concretion and glimpse the original outline of the sword," according to a July 23 Facebook post by the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA)...
Crusader sword found in Holy Land was bent, possibly in naval battle, X-rays reveal | Live Science
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As a graduate student in a clinical psychology program decades ago, I became interested in the qualities and characteristics of especially creative and productive people. I studied to learn what made those people so productive. Creativity was one of those things, but there were many more.
I always enjoy looking at the other side of things. I like to think about other possibilities. I like to challenge assumptions and the easy and predominate view. How can you eliminate an alternative view without giving it thorough consideration?
The way you pursue knowledge will partly determine what you come to "know." It doesn't matter if you are talking about the location of a treasure, the identity or date of an artifact, or something as deep as your most basic beliefs.
At the root of any person's pursuit of knowledge is a foundation of basic beliefs. You must start somewhere, and the deeper the layers of unconsidered and unquestioned assumption and beliefs, the farther you are from being objective. Understanding your basic beliefs, philosophy and processes will help you be more aware of your personal biases. Although some people want unquestioned acceptance of knowledge and beliefs, history has shown how that can lead to a bad place. These days it is easier to get attention than to deserve attention, and many proclaimed authorities are frauds. A conscious informed decision can't be made without deep inner questioning and reflection. I often point to that in my posts either directly, or more often, so indirectly that you won't even notice.
Below is what Bing says about "ways of knowing."
Here are some ways to find the truth.:
- Know what you know. Spend some time reflecting on what you’ve come to know up to this point.
- Ask questions.
- Research and reach out.
- Evaluate new information against known truth.
- Look at the results.
Nothing really heavy there, but it is a starting point. I'll expand on that in future posts without getting too deep or esoteric, which is impossible to do in this format anyhow. Sometimes the references will be so oblique that you may not even notice, especially if you skim the posts.
"The unexamined life is not worth living." That dictum was supposedly uttered by Socrates. It might be true, I suppose, or it might not be. How do you know? You might accept it because it was made, or thought to have been made, by a famous person who is acknowledge as being brilliant. Some people highly regard authority (mentioned in the above Bing list as one of the ways of knowing) and blindly accept whatever their accepted authorities say. For me the question requires more than a first impulse to accept or reject it. It requires thorough questioning, analysis and proof, which you'll be glad I won't do here. On the surface the statement seems like one worth considering, regardless of who really made it.