Thread by @eigenrobot, apparently they are arguing about whether they can admit the possibility of [...]

apparently they are arguing about whether they can admit the possibility of submerged cities

this leads me to a new rare opinion that civilization is older than we know, the first ancient cities were coastal and simply lie beneath the waves https://twitter.com/ded_ruckus/status/1380257857371660291

https://twitter.com/ded_ruckus/status/1380257857371660291

if archaeologists simply refuse to investigate underwater cities this gets much more likely

consider:

(1) coastal locations are advantageous. auspicious for a city

(2) sea levels have risen by 100m since 10000 BC

do the math

the archaeology of ancient sea-devoured evidence is fascinating stuff

also FYI if your not aware the Pacific Northwest is probably going to be destroyed in the next couple hundred years

could go off anytime too

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/07/20/the-really-big-one

looking at this figure its actually very strange that the curve just levels out around 6000BC

quite striking

what was going on there

also curious why sea levels have not changed in spite of climate so and so

what the hell determines sea level. is it not just sea vs glacier?

oh right. hmmm. black sea isn't THAT voluminous is it? https://twitter.com/sirsfurther/status/1380426658453291009?s=19

https://twitter.com/sirsfurther/status/1380426658453291009?s=19

would it be good if the sea level dropped by 100 meters

think carefully

yeah cascadia disaster prep is probably a good proxy for social competence in many areas

large yet completely predictable problem, long time scale

hows medicare solvency looking these days