12-16-2013, 01:20 AM
Thanks, davester; I actually composed a reply to max's comment, and then discarded it, because it pointed out, as you did, that there is no modern consensus as to when the Empire fell, or as Pirrenne believed, it just shifted Eastward and transformed, partly in response to the rise of Islam, and that except for a few pockets, the were no "new" Dark Ages.
But not only was the response pointless in this case, it veered away from the puzzle that I first addressed- why that particular artwork? Why not show the full thing? Did burning Templars in mass quantities contribute to Late-Medieval Global Warming? Or was it a veiled reference to Conspiracy Theories, many of which center on the Templars?
My personal belief is that the author just wanted a pretty picture, and cut it to suit. Sort of like what they did to the facts and quotes in the article. Lewis Page does a better job of this nonsense in theRegister.
Just a little side-note: Muller was never a Denier; he was a Skeptic, and there is a difference. He just wanted better Science, and better Math, and he went out and got them, and he conned the Koch's into paying for it. As far as I know, he never benefitted financially from the study.
Eustace
But not only was the response pointless in this case, it veered away from the puzzle that I first addressed- why that particular artwork? Why not show the full thing? Did burning Templars in mass quantities contribute to Late-Medieval Global Warming? Or was it a veiled reference to Conspiracy Theories, many of which center on the Templars?
My personal belief is that the author just wanted a pretty picture, and cut it to suit. Sort of like what they did to the facts and quotes in the article. Lewis Page does a better job of this nonsense in theRegister.
Just a little side-note: Muller was never a Denier; he was a Skeptic, and there is a difference. He just wanted better Science, and better Math, and he went out and got them, and he conned the Koch's into paying for it. As far as I know, he never benefitted financially from the study.
Eustace