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The Nile Denial

A Guide to Objective Evaluation
by Goro Adachi
Copyright 2003 Goro Adachi
All rights reserved.

August 9, 2003

Regardless of merit, a radical new theory that wildly contradicts the mainstream
model of reality will not be welcomed by academics. Depending on the theorys
strength and clarity, however, the general public may respond positively. And if
the buzz becomes loud enough, even the mainstream media may decide to pay
attention.
This is when certain elements of academia become alarmed. They feel their
territory has been infringed upon perceiving the theory as some alien virus
contaminating the holy ground of science. Instinctively, they will attack the
virus until it is dead.
One way or another, therefore, most heretical theories are forced to fade into
oblivion. Often this fate is justifiable, but certainly not always. The process is
obviously prone to throwing out the baby with the bath water as there are
always exceptions.
The Time River Theory, I contend, is the baby that should not be

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automatically thrown out. A brief guide to logical thinking is provided below to

help implement a fair evaluation process that will hopefully bear this out.

Intellectual Vaccination
One effective way to vaccinate the mind against flawed reasoning/criticism is
to cite examples. Another is to provide preemptive answers to anticipated
questions and objections.
So let us first take a look at what are known as informal fallacies, which are
various types of illogical arguments (in this case against the Time River Theory):
Straw Man
Example: The idea that our ancestors dug out the paths of the major rivers
with shovels, or that little green men from Orion came here to construct the
rivers is extremely implausible.
This statement is distorting what the Time River Theory claims. The theory
does not argue that ancient people created the rivers with primitive tools, nor
does it argue that space aliens produced the Time Rivers. (These are mere
speculative possibilities). A valid argument has to argue against the true form
of the theory, not a conveniently corrupted form.
Appeal of Force
Example: The organization CSICOP believes that the Time River Theory is
one big joke, and it believes that any scholars who take the theory seriously
should be investigated for their intellectual integrity.
This statement is essentially a threat and has nothing to do with the
legitimacy of the Time River Theory. Many academics often succumb to this
type of peer pressure, and their intellectual integrity does go out the window.
Appeal of Authority
Example: The whole Time River thing is surely utter nonsense because
according to Dr. [X], a respected expert on geology, it is absolutely laughable
to think that the Nile, the Tigris-Euphrates, etc. have been intelligently
designed to transmit some strange information across time.
Citing expert opinions does not translate to a valid argument, as being an
expert does not make one infallible. Since the Time River Theory covers a lot
of ground, one should be particularly careful about expert opinions.

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False Alternative
Example: Because it is clear that the ancients did not have the technological
capability to construct major river systems, the Time Rivers simply cannot be
real.
This is a flawed argument because it fails to take into account other
possibilities. For example, perhaps it was a covert group of highly advanced
beings from elsewhere (spatial and/or temporal) that created the Time River
system, leaving behind no clear evidence of their existence. Or perhaps it was
some unknown non-physical force that gave rise to the Time Rivers not
unlike the force of evolution that has managed to produce incredibly
complex life forms on this planet.
Ad Hominem (Personal Attack)
Example: Since Goro Adachi is not a member of academia, there is no
reason to take his ideas seriously.
My credentials (or character) have nothing to do with the validity of the Time
River Theory itself. For example, if it were a convicted murderer who came
up with the theory of Relativity, would this alone cause the theory to become
invalid? No. It would still be just as valid.
Appeal to the Masses
Example: Everyone I have talked to has told me that the Time River Theory
is just a product of an overactive imagination, so obviously it must be just
that.
At one time, almost everyone would have told you that the earth was the
center of the universe. Enough said.
Begging the Question
Example: The Time River Theory is clearly fallacious because it claims that
the Nile River carries an intelligent message, which it does not.
This is a circular argument because the premise and the conclusion are
stating essentially the same thing. This is like saying: Einstein must have
been insane, because it is clear that he was crazy.
Appeal to Pity
Example: The existence of the Time River system will upset many nice

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religious people. So, please, I beg everyone to reject the theory!

Truth does not care whether it hurts anyone or anything. A valid idea does
not stop being valid just because it is considered undesirable on an emotional
level.
Composition
Example: In his book, Goro Adachi gets the date for [event X] wrong and he
also confuses [event Y] with [event Z]. If he is inaccurate about these things,
we can safely assume that the entire content of his book is pure rubbish.
If this argument were valid, it would also be valid to state that the United
States is a stupid nation because there are some dumb Americans.
Converse Accident
Example: Since many theories put forward by researchers in the alternative
history field have already been debunked, the Time River Theory must be
flawed as well.
Racial profiling is based on the same thinking process. Even if there are
patterns and trends, with room for exceptions, individual cases must be
judged separately.

Preemptive Responses
The following are preemptive responses to anticipated objections to the Time
River Theory:
Criticism: Since we have no physical or historical evidence suggesting that
any of our rivers are artificial, the theory must be considered a baseless
speculation.
Response: In terms of geology, it is true that the rivers in question are not
considered anomalous (as far as I know). The Time River Theory, however,
does not claim anything tangible regarding the process responsible for the
rivers intricate designs. So the apparent naturalness of the rivers geology
does not invalidate the theory.
How the rivers attained their seemingly intelligent arrangements is still an X
factor a mystery. If the Time River Theory was weak, then this missing
piece could cast more doubt on its validity. But because the theory is
actually very strong without the missing piece, a more reasonable approach

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would be to put effort into figuring out what the mechanism X may be,
instead of lazily viewing it as evidence against the theory.
Criticism: The Time River theory necessitates the existence of an
astoundingly advanced group of people in the distant past, and yet we have
no evidence for that.
Response: This is not quite true. We have the Giza monuments from the
dawn of history, for instance, which still boggle the mind of modern man.
Indeed, even with todays technology it would still be extremely difficult, if
not impossible, to replicate them. And while the ancient Egyptian culture in
general may not have been very advanced by todays standard, we do detect
a curious disconnect between the intellectual sophistication expressed by the
Giza monuments and what we are taught about the ancient Egyptians. It is
almost as if there was a small but truly advanced elite group that guided the
building of the monuments from behind the scenes.
This is an important clue suggesting that our view of history may be quite
superficial. And it would certainly be nave for us to assume that the
intelligence responsible for the Time River system would have left their
cultural footprints behind. If the intelligence was powerful and
sophisticated enough to have produced the Time Rivers, then it surely must
have been very much aware of the importance of leaving, or not leaving,
evidence of its existence behind. Or, to put it another way, it is quite feasible
that we are today seeing what the intelligence in question had intended us to
see. Thus, absence of evidence certainly does not represent evidence of
absence here.
Criticism: Since rivers paths change with time, they cannot possibly carry
coded messages for a long period. Consequently, whatever their layouts may
indicate today must be of no significance.
Response: This is seemingly a good point. But it is presumptuous. In view of
the level of intelligence required, its actually more reasonable to
hypothesize that the creators of the Time Rivers were well aware of the
inevitable future geological changes. The more coherent the encoded
message is today, the more probable it is that the changing river courses do
not represent corruption but pre-arranged evolution.
Criticism: The angle/latitude 19.5 is central to the Time River scheme, and
yet its significance originally derives from the questionable geometric
interpretation of the Cydonia structures on Mars. Similarly, the Orion
Correlation Theory, a major part of the Time River design, is still a
controversial theory. This means that the Time River theory is built on a very

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shaky foundation.
Response: The significance of 19.5 does not rely on the Martian
monuments. The angle is very much meaningful in terms of pure geometry,
as its considered a tetrahedral constant (t). So, regardless of the legitimacy
of the Cydonia research, the importance of 19.5 is a geometric fact.
As for the Orion Correlation Theory (developed by Robert Bauval), it is true
that some academics are not fond of it. But as mentioned in Chapter 3 [of the
book The Time Rivers], those critics arguments are quite lame. In almost
every case, they are infected with the fallacy of composition (where some
little inconsistency is somehow treated as a proof of the illegitimacy of the
whole theory). And it is also important to point out that the Time River
Theory does not depend on the validity of the Orion Correlation Theory. The
rivers overlay/transposition schemes alone are solid enough to make the
theory compelling.
Criticism: A scientific theory must be falsifiable.
Response: Falsifiability the capability to be falsified is a key scientific
principle and it is clearly met by the Time River theory. Although the theory
has many components with varying levels of certainty, what is at the core are
numerically and geometrically precise findings that are tangible and
falsifiable.
Stay tuned for more objections and responses.

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