August 15, 200520 yr QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Aug 15, 2005 -> 02:39 PM) Speaking of cool conspiracies, could Atlantis have been found??? No joke, a team of self-proclaimed explorers visited my place of work (an oceanographic institution) and tried to pitch us on the idea of a mission to find Atlantis using our ships and submersibles. We told them as long as they could come up with the $15K a day it would cost us to do the marine ops we'd take them out to look for whatever they wanted to. They have not gotten back to us yet, as apparently they are still busy hunting for Bigfoot.
August 15, 200520 yr QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Aug 15, 2005 -> 02:39 PM) Speaking of cool conspiracies, could Atlantis have been found??? There was a story about this on CNN the other day. there is a guy who thinks, based on landmarks and a aerial map, that he has found the lost city of Atlantis in South America, more specifically off the coast of Brazil. The problem with this theory(as presented by the pessimists in the story) is that the story of Atlantis is said to have originated from the philosopher Plato. Plato's story is more of an eyewitness account, and there is really no way that Plato could have traveled to South America to witness such an event, and it is even more unlikely that he would travel back after witnessing the event and tell the story. The same people also mentioned that they think the idea itself is a hoax. the stories of Homer and the Illiad was very popular during Plato's time, and the thought was that Plato came up with the story of Atlantis to "one-up" other philosophers. The story is fantastic, but there really isnt alot of concrete evidence.
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