We live in a world that we consider things to be good or bad, right or wrong. But our world is actually much more gray than we probably care to admit. When we argue politics, religion or any other touchy subject, we often get trapped in how we are correct and how the other argument is invalid. Instead, we need to start worrying more about the benefits that both sides of the argument bring.
Look at the U.S. political climate right now, for example. It is so divisive that most aren’t even sure which side of the isle they actually side with anymore. The political elite tend to pander to what they think people want, and not what is actually good for the country. When Barack Obama was elected, the other side stated multiple times that their only goal was to make him a one term president. The actual goal should have been to work out a way to keep the country moving in a way that the people wanted.
This is all a long lead up to the crazy story of Semir Osmanagic, the archaeologist that is considered by some a modern Indiana Jones, and many others, a damaging joke to the archaeological community. It is a long journey that takes us from actual provable science, to the end result which ends up being a positive for many. We will also discuss his new discovery, why it is being looked at with some speculation, and how this single man has the entire community to which he claims to belong up in arms.
Semir Osmanagic claims to have found pyramids in Bosnia and now giant spheres that are a hint of a civilization which is lost to history. Just one discovery like this would make an individual a name in the history books and now he is claiming that he found two. The question is, why is he making the claims, are they correct, and should the man even be practicing the science? These are valid issues that need to be addressed in a civil manner and with some form of the “gray” we spoke about earlier. While some of this article will likely not paint Semir in the kindest of lights, know that there is a silver lining (almost literally) that comes from this. So don’t dismiss this article if it becomes too critical of a “scientist” you are a particular fan of because, honestly, whether he means to or not, Mr. Osmanagic is doing the world some good – even if he is giving it a bit of a headache in the process. All will be discussed on the next pages.