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RE: How far human knowledge extends
This article made me question every historic place I have ever visited in my life. 😛
One of which is Eagle's Nest in the Karakoram mountain range. It's a place on a mountain peak where there are big rocks carved in eagle shape. Locals say they are not carved by humans. It's the work of eagles or some unknown power. Eagles used to lay their eggs on those rocks but since the place became accessible to humans, they abandoned it.
I can't understand why 16 slabs were needed for a sundial. Isn't that what you said?
Yes, it is written that there were once 16 stone slabs arranged in a circle that served as a sundial 🤷♀️
What you are talking about is an impressive place, indeed. I searched the internet for more pictures of these rocks, but didn't find much to look at in more detail.
I would trust the locals. Sometimes legends are passed down between them from generation to generation, and often these legends are simply a mythologized reality, difficult to perceive as such by modern man.
Actually, did they say that the gods formed these rocks? Or were they worried about saying such things in front of strangers? 🤭
Btw, regarding the illiteracy and poverty of the population, I was looking for statistical data for Bulgaria, so as not to say things that are not supported by facts. But of course, I didn't find much concrete stuff. For example, just one article from last year says that every third person in the country has a university degree, and every tenth person has incomplete primary education. No conclusions can be drawn from this, however, because most people who drop out of the education system are actually Roma who simply have no desire to learn.
Then, on the website of the statistical institute, it is said that 20% of the population lives below the poverty line, which is already low. A large proportion of people above this threshold simply survive anyway, as I already wrote. I'd even say everyone else. Because I calculated that for 2021 1.16% of the population lived really well, these are people with the highest (registered) incomes. Another 1.56% also lived "humanly", by my reckoning. That makes a total lol 😃 not even 3% of the entire population.
Well, this was actually useful for me to see for myself how things were (not) developed here...
There's not much on the Internet. What did you search by the way? If you type 'Eagle's Nest Hunza Viewpoint' then you'd be able to see some images. But the text is mostly about the attractions in the area, not their history.
I was very inquisitive about those rocks and asked multiple shopkeepers below in the bazar. They all said the same thing, humans didn't carve those rocks. But I think that's absolute BS. Just a marketing tactic to lure tourists, although there's no need because the place is naturally charming. But who knows on my next visit, I have to buy a ticket to see those eagle rocks. 🤣 They have already constructed a beautiful hotel named Eagle's Nest in the vicinity.
Ah... Pakistan's literacy rate is 62% and 40% population is expected to fall below the poverty line in 2024.
I'm not telling you these stats to compare, just telling you I felt every single word in that poverty article you wrote. Besides, Europe is one of the most advanced and developed continents in the world - it must be hard to live there but still struggle because your country lacked historical luck.
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