Chapter 42 Chapter Thirty-Nine Restores a World——Medium: Hints

Looking at the unremarkable middle-aged man in front of me, I suddenly felt that I wasted a lot of time.I don't mean finding time to study and learn something, but I don't even have a deep understanding of the things I like, and I don't think about it. To be honest, I was ashamed for a while. Me: "Why don't you spread what you know in the form of building a website? You can also make money by registering members or something? Printing this way is expensive and the money you can make is limited. I think even if you don't care Money, should also be done for wider dissemination. And, if you earn more money, at least you can go to South America to see the relics you have studied, and directly contact the original materials, wouldn’t it be better?”

He tilted his head and thought for a while: "Well, it makes sense, I haven't thought about that. Is this the so-called business operation? I should be considered a layman. But if I start thinking about these things, I might be distracted. It may not be possible to study it in depth. In addition, I prefer the effect of holding a book and flipping through it page by page. I can’t tell what it feels like, but I think it will be engraved deeper.” Me: "Well... Maybe... By the way, you just mentioned doubts and unknowns?" He: "Yes, there are too many unknowns about the Mayan culture, and many logical contradictions about the Mayan civilization are suspicious no matter how you look at it. Therefore, it is no wonder that there are so many speculations."

Me: "Can you give me an example?" He: "Okay, let's talk about culture. When I was studying Mayan writing, I also found a lot of books on language structure. I found that if Mayan writing is expressed in language, it is a very simple and naive language. The way of expression. For example, "I am so-and-so, who are you? I am happy, are you happy?" Do you understand, it is like the way a child speaks, right? If this expression only stays in spoken language It's okay, but the text is also used in this way, I don't think I can understand it. And don't be confused, the Mayan civilization started in BC, and it is still in the Stone Age after thousands of years, which is simply unimaginable. Because of the progress of a civilization There are stages, and you don’t need to give examples like this, just look at the world today. But the Mayans are an exception, they stayed at a certain stage. Could it be that the Mayans had low IQs?”

Me: "Assume irresponsibly, if it is really low IQ?" He laughed: "Really? The Mayans had precise astronomical calendars, and they habitually used the quantitative unit 'billion'. This quantitative unit is used quite a lot in our current world, such as currency, finance, and astronomy. But A civilization that stayed in the Stone Age, why use that? As far as I know, they are purely used for astronomy, and they are often used for astronomical distances and calendars. Imagine a civilization with a complex language structure, but using very young How does it feel to use an astronomical calendar with a huge number of units? It’s like taking out a bottle of iced drink from the refrigerator, then returning to the sofa and lighting a cigarette by drilling wood to make fire , the postman delivered the goods you purchased online on horseback outside. Can you imagine the effect?"

I pondered over the application of that word: "You mean, that's a state of unbalanced civilization?" He: "It's good if you understand. Isn't it strange? And you can't imagine how much the Mayans attached importance to astronomy. They had a special astronomy high priest, not one person, but four. Using a complex but very Accurate calculation methods - 20-digit counting method, and a special astronomical calendar. And they have calculated the revolution and rotation of the planets in the solar system, which can only be proved by modern science. In addition, the Mayans were also able to accurately predict lunar eclipses And solar eclipses. Don’t believe the movies about explorers using solar eclipses to trick the Mayans, that’s a lie, the actual Mayans wouldn’t be fooled, at least not when it comes to solar and lunar eclipses.”

This reminds me that more than one movie uses that plot: a "civilized man" is tied to a pillar and is about to be burned to death. At this time, there is a solar eclipse (maybe a lunar eclipse, but it must be a total solar or lunar eclipse. It seems that picking a good day to explore is very important).Then those "savages" knelt down and kowtowed in panic, while the great hero tied to the pillar took the opportunity to shout something loudly, and finally the "savages" were frightened, put the "civilized man" down and did not say anything. Send countless gold and silver jewelry.After laughing away their grievances, the "savages" sent the hero to the beach with joyful songs and laughter. Along the way, gongs and drums blared, firecrackers blared, red flags fluttered, and there were huge crowds of people.At last the "civilized man" happily returned in a boat with the treasures (and probably with his arm around a beautiful woman whom he met during the expedition).

Me: "Interesting, is there anything else?" He: "A lot. There are still many important doubts. For example: Mayan civilization has its own developed land transportation network, but they don't know how to use wheels. Although there are wheels in their sculptures and toys, in real life, there are no wheels. , It all depends on people to carry livestock. Thousands of years of civilization, can't even invent a wheel? Why? Religious taboo? Then how to explain the wheels in toys?" Me: "Hey...is there really no wheels?" He nodded firmly. Me: "There is a well-developed transportation network, but no wheels...you mean..."

He smiled slyly: "I didn't say anything... and the Mayan civilization's smelting technology is very primitive, and there are no metal cold weapons. Although there are metal utensils and decorations, there are no cold weapons. In addition, the Mayan civilization is very primitive to 'dedicate The act of offering sacrifices is extremely loyal. Although you can say that it is an uncivilized expression, but combined with the fact that it has not evolved for thousands of years and has been in the Stone Age, you will find that this is a very inexplicable thing. Why is it so What about advocating sacrificial acts?"

Me: "I understand. The social structure is simple and primitive, the life is backward, the way of expression is problematic, and the composition of characters is complex, but they have highly developed astronomical knowledge and the worship of sacrifices. All kinds of suspicious parts of life on the Internet seem to be implying something." He looked at me with interest: "Tell me." Me: "There is a well-developed transportation network, but there are no wheels—whether there is no need for wheels? The developed transportation network may be because of the low-altitude suspension transportation? No metal weapons—is there no need for cold weapons? Because With more powerful weapons, cold weapons become worthless. The backwardness in life, the loyalty to sacrifices, and the focus on astronomy may be due to the fact that the Mayan civilization is only a subsidiary civilization under the tutelage of another civilization. They are responsible for Astronomy and art, nothing else. But for some reason, the suzerain civilization left or hid, the Mayan society lost its supplies, and finally had to return to a semi-primitive state. Or the former suzerain civilization told them: wait for us Back. So the Mayans put a lot of emphasis on astronomy and the astronomical unit of distance. Of course, these are just my wild guesses."

He: "Maybe it's a bit wild, but you are no longer the kind of unfounded guess, you have some practical basis. Then you can't use the word guess, it should belong to a relatively bold assumption. Isn't it?" Me: "Well... well, let's say." He: "Having your own ideas is actually a good start. You only need one hint, and one hint is enough." Me: "I appreciate your inspiration, let me start to learn to think for myself." He: "I'm a mental patient." He smiled and shook the sleeves of his hospital gown. Me: "It doesn't matter, what you tell me is knowledge, and the logic is very clear, I have my own judgment, I accept knowledge itself, not limited to channels and methods."

He looked at me with a half-smile. Me: "By the way, there is another question about 2012..." "Oh, 2012..." He interrupted me: "I have also paid attention to 2012, and checked a lot of Mayan original texts. That saying is calculated from the Mayan calendar. The Mayan calendar has only 260 days in a year, so their calendar The year will be longer than the AD system. However, let’s not talk about the accuracy of the conversion to 2012, let’s just talk about the Mayan prophecy. I didn’t see the prophecy saying that the year will be the end of the world, on the contrary , Mayan records say that it will enter a new era.” Me: "Isn't it destruction?" He shrugged his shoulders: "Anyway, I didn't find this statement. It seems that there are many ways to enter the new era. It can be regarded as rebuilding after destruction; it can be regarded as not destroying but a large improvement; we voluntarily abandoned the old one and ushered in the new era. It’s new, so to speak. The Mayans didn’t define the idea of ​​entering a new era. The so-called end of the world in 2012, I think, was misunderstood by some people or used by religion. But the interesting thing is: many people really just for this Terrified, terrified. This kind of thing... I think it's very humorous, don't you think?" Me: "Well, very humorous." That's right, a "prophecy" that few people can understand is believed by so many people, and it is turned into a movie and various books.But a mental patient has made his own judgment through in-depth research and rational logic analysis. It's just plain humorous.