... In reading numerous texts on Atlantis (there exist currently over 10,000 works), a pattern starts to develop in writing style. These Atlantis writers fall into four main categories: 1) Those who accept Plato's story as perfectly true. 2) Those who believe that Atlantis did exist, but not in the Atlantic Ocean, and suggest ... in excess of 10,000 chariots with two horses each! The soldiers who manned and operated these machines of war, along with 1200 fine warships, are described almost to the letter as Greek Hoplites. Hoplites were the famous heavily armed infantry men that instigated the...

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... truth of the natural world), they tend to upset the reality of one and another. The quote, "Art upsets, science reassures" conveys how science serves to reify nature, while art fails and upsets the natural science. Often we find it hard to find answers through art and instead we are ... proves the impossibilities of these dimensions, which informs architectures on what design is physically possible to build in our environment. Although Braque's statement holds to be true so far, it would be possible to change the claim to "Science upsets, art reassures" as great art generates truth of hu...

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... as Socrates and Vonnegut have stressed that responsibility for one's actions is the first step toward understanding why things are the way they are (i.e. war, hunger, injustice, etc.) As Socrates states, "Would that the majority could inflict the greatest evils, for they would then be capable of ... see the mentality scientists such as Breed operate under, "Felix died shortly after that! And, if youd been listening to what Ive been trying to tell you about pure research men, you wouldnt ask such a question! Pure research men work on what fascinates them, not on what ... conscience is m...

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