timtyler comments on Boksops -- Ancient Superintelligence? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: timtyler 30 December 2009 02:58:26PM *  1 point [-]

Check the "type J" and "type M" skulls - on:

http://www.ufodisclosure.com/skulls.shtml

"The cranial capacity can be estimated safely above 3000 ccm mark."

As the article notes, very large brains can result in mental problems.

Comment author: MichaelBishop 03 January 2010 06:34:11AM 0 points [-]

Can you say anything about the credibility of the source?

Comment author: MatthewB 03 January 2010 07:03:43AM *  1 point [-]

The source is not credible at all. Every one of those skulls is either the result of cranial binding (such as the Huns, but also practiced by most Meso-American and South American natives), or is a product of a hydrocephalic disorder.

If you look at the date of the documented link in question, it comes from a period of time very early in the history of the web (from the link)

The photos first appeared a year ago on CompuServe

Also, the name of the link (ufo-disclosure) should be a dead giveaway.

Have a look at their main page:

http://www.ufodisclosure.com/main.html

Comment author: timtyler 03 January 2010 11:07:37AM *  0 points [-]

The ufo site is pretty irrelevant - since these photos are on hundreds of sites all over the internet. For more pictures, perhaps see:

http://google.com/images?q=elongated+skulls

Comment author: MatthewB 03 January 2010 12:38:09PM 1 point [-]

I was referring to the site's explanation for the skulls. So, the site only got right that the skulls are real. Their explanation for them (aliens) was rather far-fetched.

I am well aware of the prolific nature of deformed skulls (cranial deformation) across the world (and on the internet). I've done a bit of body modification myself, although mine is not nearly so apparent.

Comment author: timtyler 03 January 2010 11:04:01AM 0 points [-]

The source of the photos is Robert Connolly.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1885582234/worldmyster07-20/

Most of the skulls are generally thought to be genuine. Here's a video about the phenomenon:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oo71OarSgyQ

Comment author: RobinHanson 31 December 2009 02:28:45AM 0 points [-]

Wow.