Morrisjonathan
@jonathanmorris.bsky.social
Chartered Engineer and a chronicler of Stonehenge theories.
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Good idea. But I already have about 5 kilos in the freezer, so will probably just gift them away!
November 17, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Good idea. But I already have about 5 kilos in the freezer, so will probably just gift them away!
But comes back to a central point: if there's seen to be no benefit to knowing, then any theory is as good as any other. Providing there's no harm, anyone can reasonably assert whatever they wish without needing to provide evidence of a comparison of the parsimony of alternatives. 3/3
November 17, 2025 at 7:48 PM
But comes back to a central point: if there's seen to be no benefit to knowing, then any theory is as good as any other. Providing there's no harm, anyone can reasonably assert whatever they wish without needing to provide evidence of a comparison of the parsimony of alternatives. 3/3
Fascinating. Structural and architectural CAD drawings, which describe the function of buildings, also present as geometric shapes (providing you don't know what they are). So it's fascinating that they would assert this as fact. Thanks for bringing this up; much appreciated 2/3
November 17, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Fascinating. Structural and architectural CAD drawings, which describe the function of buildings, also present as geometric shapes (providing you don't know what they are). So it's fascinating that they would assert this as fact. Thanks for bringing this up; much appreciated 2/3
How interesting! Last time I looked at this was 2018, so I didn't know there was a volume 7. You're correct: "Irish megalithic art presents as geometric motifs, and as such it cannot be understood as having a specific meaning, though many interpretations have been proposed over the years." 1/3
November 17, 2025 at 7:48 PM
How interesting! Last time I looked at this was 2018, so I didn't know there was a volume 7. You're correct: "Irish megalithic art presents as geometric motifs, and as such it cannot be understood as having a specific meaning, though many interpretations have been proposed over the years." 1/3
But that also means that the general public can't get a sense of what might or might not be true in that field: perhaps a side effect of the times we live in. That's where I was going with the 'hobby' aspect: there should be a better word for it!
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November 17, 2025 at 6:08 PM
But that also means that the general public can't get a sense of what might or might not be true in that field: perhaps a side effect of the times we live in. That's where I was going with the 'hobby' aspect: there should be a better word for it!
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No interest appears to occur when the possibility of benefit (from knowledge) is seen as zero. So there's no need to either review or discuss whether this or that hypothesis is correct and only ideas with potential for harm get reviewed. It's why "Aliens did it" type explanations get attention. 2/3
November 17, 2025 at 6:08 PM
No interest appears to occur when the possibility of benefit (from knowledge) is seen as zero. So there's no need to either review or discuss whether this or that hypothesis is correct and only ideas with potential for harm get reviewed. It's why "Aliens did it" type explanations get attention. 2/3
I see where you're coming from. if there's no interest in a field of study in having a structure to determine the most parsimonious explanations for one or more subjects within that field, then any explanation is seen as being as good as any other explanation. 1/3
November 17, 2025 at 6:08 PM
I see where you're coming from. if there's no interest in a field of study in having a structure to determine the most parsimonious explanations for one or more subjects within that field, then any explanation is seen as being as good as any other explanation. 1/3
Ken the photographer? I've heard of Ken. Was it being confrontational about other's work that spurred the interest in trying to discredit yours?
November 17, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Ken the photographer? I've heard of Ken. Was it being confrontational about other's work that spurred the interest in trying to discredit yours?
Wow! Nobody has tried to challenge my stuff. One researcher started off well but then backed away from defending her work. How did you get anyone interested in spending the time to challenge it?
"Hobby research" just comes from a term used by Government (as in the administrative parts such as HMRC).
"Hobby research" just comes from a term used by Government (as in the administrative parts such as HMRC).
November 17, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Wow! Nobody has tried to challenge my stuff. One researcher started off well but then backed away from defending her work. How did you get anyone interested in spending the time to challenge it?
"Hobby research" just comes from a term used by Government (as in the administrative parts such as HMRC).
"Hobby research" just comes from a term used by Government (as in the administrative parts such as HMRC).
If your hypothesis falls in to the latter category, you're in a field known as 'hobby study'. Hobby studies have no structure to evaluate hypotheses because nobody cares one way or the other. It's a tough gig to find out that one's research falls into the 'hobby research' category. 3/3
November 17, 2025 at 7:36 AM
If your hypothesis falls in to the latter category, you're in a field known as 'hobby study'. Hobby studies have no structure to evaluate hypotheses because nobody cares one way or the other. It's a tough gig to find out that one's research falls into the 'hobby research' category. 3/3
On the other hand, if the question itself has no value to anyone, it is unlikely that anybody would be willing to invest any time, money or other resources in to reviewing competing answers. 2/3
November 17, 2025 at 7:36 AM
On the other hand, if the question itself has no value to anyone, it is unlikely that anybody would be willing to invest any time, money or other resources in to reviewing competing answers. 2/3
If having an answer to a question has value, then the person(s) to whom it has value might be willing to pay to find out the answers to that question (whether monetarily or through their own time, effort or other means). 1/3
November 17, 2025 at 7:36 AM
If having an answer to a question has value, then the person(s) to whom it has value might be willing to pay to find out the answers to that question (whether monetarily or through their own time, effort or other means). 1/3
Can you provide evidence that your hypothesis, if someone were to pay to have it evaluated, is a better explanation in comparison to other competing hypotheses?
November 16, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Can you provide evidence that your hypothesis, if someone were to pay to have it evaluated, is a better explanation in comparison to other competing hypotheses?
I see your research occasionally on the Neolithic Studies group page. Who might benefit (get value) from your research?
Not a facetious question as have wondered the same thing about my own research.
Not a facetious question as have wondered the same thing about my own research.
November 16, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I see your research occasionally on the Neolithic Studies group page. Who might benefit (get value) from your research?
Not a facetious question as have wondered the same thing about my own research.
Not a facetious question as have wondered the same thing about my own research.
PS (and just opinion here): If you don't know if it has any value, then make some or all of it available outside peer review in a format similar to that of peer review. If that gets sufficient interest, then there's value in the subject and peer review is probably the next step.
November 16, 2025 at 8:00 PM
PS (and just opinion here): If you don't know if it has any value, then make some or all of it available outside peer review in a format similar to that of peer review. If that gets sufficient interest, then there's value in the subject and peer review is probably the next step.
Aye: lots of problems with peer review, but it's the only reasonable option in many cases. Worth working out if any particular discovery will have any value to anyone: if it doesn't, it's not really worth going down the peer review route (unless you're being paid to do so)
November 16, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Aye: lots of problems with peer review, but it's the only reasonable option in many cases. Worth working out if any particular discovery will have any value to anyone: if it doesn't, it's not really worth going down the peer review route (unless you're being paid to do so)
Was only going to ask why you referred to AI to generate that answer. Not all that important, but interested in why people choose not to publish via that route.
November 16, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Was only going to ask why you referred to AI to generate that answer. Not all that important, but interested in why people choose not to publish via that route.
You beat me to it. Definitely Maen Llia.
November 16, 2025 at 7:12 AM
You beat me to it. Definitely Maen Llia.
Closing replies rather than anything he said (I didn't read anything he said, just interested in your observation). I think I saw it because @sarahmay1.bsky.social was involved. Anyway, I've blocked him now so that I don't get drawn in to that sort of game-playing.
November 15, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Closing replies rather than anything he said (I didn't read anything he said, just interested in your observation). I think I saw it because @sarahmay1.bsky.social was involved. Anyway, I've blocked him now so that I don't get drawn in to that sort of game-playing.
Yes: it's on the list:
www.megalithic.co.uk/modules.php?...
www.megalithic.co.uk/modules.php?...
Sacred Sites and Megalithic Mysteries: A list of Stonehenge hypotheses : The Megalithic Portal and Megalith Map:
www.megalithic.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Yes: it's on the list:
www.megalithic.co.uk/modules.php?...
www.megalithic.co.uk/modules.php?...
I used to think that it's be too much trouble to go peer review, but having recently looked at @antiquity.ac.uk's quidelines, it's not all that difficult. However, there can be good reasons to avoid this route, so interested to know your thoughts on reasons why one would not contribute in this way.
November 15, 2025 at 7:56 PM
I used to think that it's be too much trouble to go peer review, but having recently looked at @antiquity.ac.uk's quidelines, it's not all that difficult. However, there can be good reasons to avoid this route, so interested to know your thoughts on reasons why one would not contribute in this way.