tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post184073147242919479..comments2024-03-28T22:13:17.139+00:00Comments on Stonehenge and the Ice Age: Are you sitting comfortably? Waun Mawn -- a fairy tale for kids (revised)BRIAN JOHNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00413447032454568083noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-3472256885910203492022-11-17T09:23:57.780+00:002022-11-17T09:23:57.780+00:00Quite right Tony. The article as it now stands is...Quite right Tony. The article as it now stands is somewhat garbled -- as one might expect of an article that was packed with inaccuracies and which has required considerable doctoring. They should have scrubbed the old version and started from scratch again. But hey -- they have at least responded to my complaint and have made a genuine effort. I suspect that those who now read it will come away confused rather than enlightened......... but they will at least now be aware that there is a dispute going on!!BRIAN JOHNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00413447032454568083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-9166380489250770152022-11-16T22:46:08.552+00:002022-11-16T22:46:08.552+00:00I notice that the Kiddle article on Waun Mawn, whi...I notice that the Kiddle article on Waun Mawn, which they date as today, November 16th, has a final paragraph that does not read satisfactorily, i.e. grammatical and spelling inaccuracies.Tony Hinchliffenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-43705592882168114022022-11-15T08:46:04.333+00:002022-11-15T08:46:04.333+00:00Actually -- if you look at my PS, you'll see t...Actually -- if you look at my PS, you'll see that Kiddle has immediately changed the text following my protest, so that it is now pretty balanced. I doubt that there is any conspiracy here -- I will give Kiddle credit for wanting to be as accurate as possible across a vast slate of subjects. They seem to be a sort of Wikipedia for kids. Their researchers probably just go with the flow, picking up on press releases and write-ups in popular journals. So in this case they seem to have based their little article on the New Scientist -- on the basis that that journal is seen as probably responsible and respectable.<br /><br />The blame lies entirely with MPP and his team. They are the ones who screw up science and produce nonsense narratives, and then push them using every media device they can get hold of. As long as archaeology allows them to get away with it, things like this will continue to happen, and the subject will become a laughing stock.<br /><br />There was an interesting comment from a young archaeologist on social media a couple of weeks ago -- saying that the younger generations knows there is a problem, and that they are just waiting for the older generation to die out. But if the youngsters are that passive and that tolerant, that doesn't exactly inspire confidence that any change will happen any time soon.....BRIAN JOHNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00413447032454568083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-10122545016405648622022-11-15T03:02:58.399+00:002022-11-15T03:02:58.399+00:00Depraved archaeology.
Brian, you and I know that a...Depraved archaeology.<br />Brian, you and I know that archaeologists lie through their teeth regarding Stonehenge. But this latest ploy takes the biscuit.<br />On wondering what to buy my four-year-old granddaughter for Xmas and consulting a friend, I was recommended to buy her an educational toy called a Vtech. Like a simple computer, this toy teaches youngsters maths, spelling, etc., so I ordered one. <br />Imagine my surprise, and disappointment, when learning from your blog that a website called “Kiddle” adopts the same attractive, child-engaging style as Vtech.<br />Catch them while they’re young.<br />It’s all very well teaching youngsters about Father Christmas coming down chimneys, knowing they will eventually be told the truth, but indoctrinating them with no intention of revealing the truth is tantamount to brainwashing.<br />How could anyone stoop so low?<br />Tom Flowers<br />Tom Flowershttp://stonehengeology.comnoreply@blogger.com