Ancient Stone Mysteries of New England: More "Yankee Lore" - Stone Wall Mythology

[@craig67]

I definitely have been looking at stones in a different way since watching your videos. Thanks again Mike!

[@kimfleury]

I already knew that a lot of indigenous and ancient American artifacts are overlooked as "natural formations" or as construction's made by European-descended pioneers and settlers. It's true that prejudices influence opinions by scholars as much as anyone, but is it always the case? Could it simply be ignorance and lack of imagination? I don't mean fanciful imagination of the type that creates fiction. I mean the realistic type of imagination that takes into account observed phenomena and ties it to what we know about an environment, including the inhabitants. My main question is: Does it matter what motivates the scholars? Isn't that merely ad hominem?

[@AncientStoneMysteries]

Ad hominem? It might be, if what you described occured in this video. It doesn't. There are no ad hominem arguments in this video. In fact, in the video it's suggested, as you offer, that ignorance and a lack of realistic imagination are at the root of the errant assumptions, though not in so many words. This video shares facts which counter assumptions held by some researchers. It's likely impossible to know what those researchers' motivations or prejudices might be, and unnecessary to know to counter their assumptions with facts.