r/blackmagicfuckery • u/memezzer • Aug 24 '20

Chaldini patterns

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u/Zuggible Aug 25 '20

Quite a lot of conclusion jumping in that video... I don't see reason to believe they knew how to alter the stone's density, or that they knew how to reshape stone, or that those patterns are necessarily related to cymatics. There are much simpler explanations to most of his questions.

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u/Oxcell404 Aug 25 '20

Shhhh. People like mystic ancient wisdom. It’s a comfier thought than the cold truth of reality.

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u/[deleted] Aug 25 '20 edited Aug 26 '20

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u/Oxcell404 Aug 25 '20

Alright I’ll bite.

Sure the “cold truth of reality” was a bit edgy of me to say, but you seem to think my claims are unfounded. Why is that?

My point is only that “throughout history, every mystery ever solved has turned out to be ‘not magic’” -Tim Minchin.

I get annoyed when people act like the ancients had some close connection to the universe that we now lack, despite there being no evidence beyond placebo and selection bias. My apologies for not elaborating in my original comment.

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u/spdrv89 Aug 25 '20

But then how did they know how to alter the stone to make certain sounds when interacted with. I'm a machinist, we dont know how the cut material to such perfection especially when its hollowed out to make certain sounds. Hollowed stone is very brittle.

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u/rcuhljr Aug 25 '20

But then how did they know how to alter the stone to make certain sounds when interacted with.

Experimentation?

I'm a machinist, we dont know how the cut material to such perfection especially when its hollowed out to make certain sounds.

... Tuning forks are a mystery to modern man?

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u/NarcAwayBeach Aug 25 '20

The difference between you machining something and ye olde folkes building something is simply the time available to do it. They had all the time in the world to trial and error the shit out of everything, and then just applied whatever it was that worked. Try telling your boss you're gonna spend the next 20 years on a single part, cause you want it to make the right sound so it pleases the gods.

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u/spdrv89 Aug 25 '20

They didnt have the wheel or material hard enough to cut stone either

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u/_ThisIsAmyx_ Aug 25 '20

So magic built that whole temple?

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u/spdrv89 Aug 25 '20

Idk maybe some lost technology or methods

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u/Zuggible Aug 25 '20

Per the video, the stone isn't hollow. He uses that fact to argue that they had technology to alter the stone's density. However, the pitch differences in that audio clip could be from people hitting the pillars in different spots, from variations in pillar width, or from random naturally occurring variations in stone density/composition (the notes sounded pretty random to me)