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Post by nightangel1282 on Jun 30, 2011 1:47:16 GMT -5
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Post by MaybeNever on Jun 30, 2011 23:15:59 GMT -5
This is why we let scientists make judgments about this kind of stuff.
Mirages are awesome.
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Post by Mira on Jul 1, 2011 0:33:12 GMT -5
Please provide evidence that it wasn't a mystical city from another time.
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Post by MaybeNever on Jul 1, 2011 0:40:12 GMT -5
Its non-mysticalness is the null hypothesis. Evidence in support of its mysticalness does not exist despite extensive research (i.e. masturbating listlessly then watching some dubstep videos on Youtube), necessitating that in this study H0 is not rejected.
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Post by Mlle Antéchrist on Jul 1, 2011 5:46:28 GMT -5
Well, there's your problem: You're supposed to masturbate listlessly while watching the dubstep videos.
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Post by MaybeNever on Jul 1, 2011 10:28:19 GMT -5
The judge says I'm not allowed to do that anymore. Damn judicial activism.
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Post by Dragon Zachski on Jul 1, 2011 16:30:21 GMT -5
Wouldn't "hallucination" be more like it?
I thought a mirage was simply the heat-caused effect that makes the ground reflect the sky, thus giving the appearance that there is water.
EDIT: Okay, it's not a hallucination if cameras and recording devices can pick it up. Thankfully, someone gave a description of "mirage" in the comments.
'A mirage is an atmospheric illusion which shows a reflected or refracted picture of an actual real thing, such as a distant city. It is a trick of the light, not of our eyes, so electronic equipment and film can record a mirage the same way our eyes can.'
So, it's possible that it's just a far away city?
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Post by MaybeNever on Jul 1, 2011 16:37:47 GMT -5
That's one type of mirage, but there are others. It depends on the temperature of the layers of the air. Also, a mirage can be photographed, because it is just a bending of the light, while a hallucination cannot, as it is a mental phenomenon.
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Post by booley on Jul 5, 2011 15:20:23 GMT -5
Those images seemed way too detailed to be a mirage. Not that I am na expert. But if it wa s a reflection then it should be easy to prove. Just find the actual buildings that were being reflected. |
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Post by Jodie on Jul 5, 2011 15:42:21 GMT -5
It's too bad that there is not a video or pictures of that spot without the mirage, so we could compare.
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Post by Radiation on Jul 5, 2011 18:24:46 GMT -5
Conspiracy theorists are all over this like white on rice, seriously, they are saying it has to do with something called Project Bluebeam.
As far as this is concerned, I have seen comments that these building have always existed and that the dense fog caused the buildings to look like it came out of thin air.
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