Dr. Moudhy Al-Rashid

I mean, it's recorded in a lot of other places, but I think it's just incredible that it even finds its way into these observational records.

I mean, it's recorded in a lot of other places, but I think it's just incredible that it even finds its way into these observational records.

Absolutely. They contain datable observations. Please don't ask me how those got extrapolated, because it's just incredible that we can know exactly. This eclipse lasted for 47 minutes, and it's just incredible to me that we know all this stuff. So they do contain datable and verifiable observations of planetary motion, eclipse cycles, etc.,

Absolutely. They contain datable observations. Please don't ask me how those got extrapolated, because it's just incredible that we can know exactly. This eclipse lasted for 47 minutes, and it's just incredible to me that we know all this stuff. So they do contain datable and verifiable observations of planetary motion, eclipse cycles, etc.,

Absolutely. They contain datable observations. Please don't ask me how those got extrapolated, because it's just incredible that we can know exactly. This eclipse lasted for 47 minutes, and it's just incredible to me that we know all this stuff. So they do contain datable and verifiable observations of planetary motion, eclipse cycles, etc.,

Sure, yeah. So there are two kind of offshoots of the diaries and other observations that get made. And there is the mathematical astronomy, which uses pure math to model the movement of planets as well as the sun and the moon and eclipses.

Sure, yeah. So there are two kind of offshoots of the diaries and other observations that get made. And there is the mathematical astronomy, which uses pure math to model the movement of planets as well as the sun and the moon and eclipses.

Sure, yeah. So there are two kind of offshoots of the diaries and other observations that get made. And there is the mathematical astronomy, which uses pure math to model the movement of planets as well as the sun and the moon and eclipses.

But then there are the goal year texts, which use just pattern recognition, essentially, to do the same thing, but they're using recurring patterns that have been observed in the texts to predict when the next such event will occur. And so what they are, basically, are a list of predictions of astronomical phenomena for the year to come, for the goal year.

But then there are the goal year texts, which use just pattern recognition, essentially, to do the same thing, but they're using recurring patterns that have been observed in the texts to predict when the next such event will occur. And so what they are, basically, are a list of predictions of astronomical phenomena for the year to come, for the goal year.

But then there are the goal year texts, which use just pattern recognition, essentially, to do the same thing, but they're using recurring patterns that have been observed in the texts to predict when the next such event will occur. And so what they are, basically, are a list of predictions of astronomical phenomena for the year to come, for the goal year.

They make those predictions, again, in a kind of descriptive way based on existing patterns, and that's really different to the mathematical stuff, but they're happening alongside each other. So even as mathematical astronomy takes off and we have these incredible instructions for how to carry out these procedures, people are still doing the non-mathematical predictions alongside that.

They make those predictions, again, in a kind of descriptive way based on existing patterns, and that's really different to the mathematical stuff, but they're happening alongside each other. So even as mathematical astronomy takes off and we have these incredible instructions for how to carry out these procedures, people are still doing the non-mathematical predictions alongside that.

They make those predictions, again, in a kind of descriptive way based on existing patterns, and that's really different to the mathematical stuff, but they're happening alongside each other. So even as mathematical astronomy takes off and we have these incredible instructions for how to carry out these procedures, people are still doing the non-mathematical predictions alongside that.

They're doing a whole host of other seemingly less science-y types of astronomy as well alongside that, including using sort of ideal schemes to model the universe that are incorrect, that are just not correct, but that they're still using them maybe to use as a kind of benchmark for observation or a way of predicting things mathematically in a simpler way. We're not really sure.

They're doing a whole host of other seemingly less science-y types of astronomy as well alongside that, including using sort of ideal schemes to model the universe that are incorrect, that are just not correct, but that they're still using them maybe to use as a kind of benchmark for observation or a way of predicting things mathematically in a simpler way. We're not really sure.

They're doing a whole host of other seemingly less science-y types of astronomy as well alongside that, including using sort of ideal schemes to model the universe that are incorrect, that are just not correct, but that they're still using them maybe to use as a kind of benchmark for observation or a way of predicting things mathematically in a simpler way. We're not really sure.

It's a nice example of how they're still doing things the kind of old way alongside this completely innovative way of doing things.

It's a nice example of how they're still doing things the kind of old way alongside this completely innovative way of doing things.

It's a nice example of how they're still doing things the kind of old way alongside this completely innovative way of doing things.