Uranus and Neptune have been discovered in 1781 in 1846 (AD). I am pretty sure that Samos has not guessed the order of those two correctly. And maybe it is my limited English but shouldn't it be "ascent" instead of "summit" (for me, that question does not for a date but the name of the summit).
On one hand, Aristarchus (Samos is the city where he was born, not his last name) made a groundbreaking model, placing correctly every known planet (plus the Sun and the Moon). Of course, new planets and celestial bodies were discovery thereafter, but he was the first to say aloud "Hey! The Sun is in the middle of the System, we orbit 'round it".
On the other, "summit" is a viable word to say "they reach the peak of the mountain". "Ascent", however, means that "they climbed the mountain, with or without reaching the summit", so whether it implies that "they reach the peak of the mountain" is up to the reader.
summit is a noun meaning the top of a mountain - and summit is a verb meaning to reach the top of a mountain. the wording is correct. ascent is the climb to the summit, so it would also be correct, but there's nothing wrong with using summit.
Got everything right but wasn't 100% sure about chess. I thought I remembered reading that it was invented in India sometime around the 7th or 8th century?
From battleofchess.com: Chess was invented in India during the Gupta Empire in 6th century AD (1500 years ago). Chess was known as chaturanga at that time.
Very few people care about it I guess. Using BC and AD is not a confession of faith or anything, so it's just a cosmetic change - and changing something is a hassle.
I agree. I'm not religious, but the BCE/CE thing just seems like whinging. Everyone understands the distinction between BC and AD just fine, and whether you're religious or not, the line of distinction is the supposed birth of Jesus (although it's off by a few years).
CE and BCE is more accurate and inclusive. AD and BC is more traditional and what most people grew up using. I think it is a combination of belligerence, laziness, and common convention. Personally don't have a problem with either one.
I don't see why that should be more accurate or inclusive. Why exactly did the date of Jesus' birth start a common era? Makes no sense - BC is at least a simple statement. AD is more problematic though.
Yes, I find the idea that it is a "common" era bizarrely inaccurate. Something like "modern European era" or "modern western era" would be more like it.
I knew someone who refused to cross anything out because it was xtian, and he was a very religious Jewish man. Instead he would N-out a list item after we dealt with it.
BC makes the claim that Jesus was anointed, and AD clearly refers to Jesus of Nazareth as "god," so I can see why people would object. I prefer CE more the BCE because fewer letters, though.
findy: simple statement, but not historically accurate. Even if you assume there was a Jesus (debatable), and even if you think it's a good idea to count years of the calendar back to the date of his birth (bit chauvinistic), we know he wasn't born that year. It is the "common era" because it's common convention to count years back to this date.
Sure, but it's common because Christianity was common, and renaming the system doesn't remove the system's religious background, no matter the background's historical accuracy.
It removes the religious connotation, even if it has a religious origin. Not hard to understand, unless you're obstinately arguing against it cause tradition.
Huh, you learn something new every day; I had never heard of Aristarchus, and I've even been to the isle of Samos! Looks like celebrating Pythagoras is enough for them
Why does it matter? They both mean the same thing, and in my experience the majority of people use the BC/AD model. Besides, Historical Events - CE or BCE? doesn't have quite the same ring to it.
I’m not exactly offended by the use of BC/AD, but I did think that JetPunk had already standardized on BC/BCE, as the academic world has. Since it has apparently not, consider this my request that JetPunk does so.
The adoption of a practice in the academic world makes me less likely to want to use it. The humanities have become so incredibly toxic in the last few decades. I don't want any part of it. These language games are part of it.
Why are the humanities so toxic? The best theory I've seen is that there are practically no opportunities for advancement in academia. There are very few tenure-track positions, and many of these are occupied by old people who aren't going anywhere. Thus, academia becomes a zero sum game. With no new positions becoming available, one must create them by dislodging others. Changing norms around language create a political minefield that one can use to dislodge rivals. Serious scholarship becomes rare while in-group signaling becomes imperative. I urge you to actually read what is being published in journals these days. It is shockingly bad.
Why would you get outright offended by such a minor thing? If the birth of Confucius would be the start of the "common era", I'd be fine with it. Also, the reference date for the "common era" is still the conventionally accepted birth year of Jesus. I get it, there are billions of non-Christians on Earth, but the reference year still needs to be somewhere, and since it would inconvenient to change it to another date, that year of reference will be the birth of Christ, whether you like it or not.
"The last mammoth died out just after the American Revolution,"
Thomas Jefferson has been quoted as saying "Dear Marry Todd Jefferson, I hope there is no Wolly Mammoths in Louisiana, just like the ones in Siberia. Dear do those scare me," before he embarked on his adventures to meet Louis, Clark, and Sacajawea in Louisiana.
On the other, "summit" is a viable word to say "they reach the peak of the mountain". "Ascent", however, means that "they climbed the mountain, with or without reaching the summit", so whether it implies that "they reach the peak of the mountain" is up to the reader.
I prefer the new BCE/CE notation yet.
BC makes the claim that Jesus was anointed, and AD clearly refers to Jesus of Nazareth as "god," so I can see why people would object. I prefer CE more the BCE because fewer letters, though.
Expected some factoid 'There were still mammoths at the time of...'
Thomas Jefferson has been quoted as saying "Dear Marry Todd Jefferson, I hope there is no Wolly Mammoths in Louisiana, just like the ones in Siberia. Dear do those scare me," before he embarked on his adventures to meet Louis, Clark, and Sacajawea in Louisiana.
Or something like that idk
In AD 14 92
Columbus sailed the ocean blue.
Thought maybe they were around in Jesus Times during this quiz but nope lol. Jesus never did go to Siberia...