# was Ancient Kemet science superior to modern science **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 24, 2015, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-ancient-kemet-science-superior-to-modern-science/726034 "2015-07-24T07:29:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2015, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-ancient-kemet-science-superior-to-modern-science/726034/21 "2015-07-24T15:40:48Z")
> [@thanatic](#): > > are ancient kemetic systems superior to modern science in quantum physics, physics in general and all types of science, chemistry, biology etc.? > > that many of the information we find out today in modern science was already known by Ancient Kemet…and that there are thousands upon thousands of secrets that modern science does not know that Ancient Kemet knew of > > do you buy this premise? Where do _you_ stand on this? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2015, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-ancient-kemet-science-superior-to-modern-science/726034/22 "2015-07-24T15:42:16Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > How about in Atlantis, smart guy? I think that theory’s been sunk. ---
**Author:** ![Sauron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@Sauron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sauron)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2015, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-ancient-kemet-science-superior-to-modern-science/726034/23 "2015-07-24T15:44:18Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Where do _you_ stand on this? Oh, I think we know the answer to that one, don’t you? ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2015, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-ancient-kemet-science-superior-to-modern-science/726034/24 "2015-07-24T16:01:16Z")
> [@Sauron](#): > > Oh, I think we know the answer to that one, don’t you? I think that was answered in Post #9. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2015, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-ancient-kemet-science-superior-to-modern-science/726034/25 "2015-07-24T17:28:13Z")
> [@thanatic](#): > > are ancient kemetic systems superior to modern science in quantum physics, physics in general and all types of science, chemistry, biology etc.? > > that many of the information we find out today in modern science was already known by Ancient Kemet…and that there are thousands upon thousands of secrets that modern science does not know that Ancient Kemet knew of > > do you buy this premise? Few people know this but Neil deGrasse Tyson graduated with a PhD in Ancient Science from Kemet University. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2015, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-ancient-kemet-science-superior-to-modern-science/726034/26 "2015-07-24T17:31:50Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > Few people know this but Neil deGrasse Tyson graduated with a PhD in Ancient Science from Kemet University. That explains why he’s an anti-Plutite. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2015, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-ancient-kemet-science-superior-to-modern-science/726034/27 "2015-07-24T17:44:02Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > How about in Atlantis, smart guy? "The Atlantis Bridge Suite has the distinction of being the most expensive hotel suite in the world—it’s $25,000 a night. " [The Atlantis Paradise Island, Bahamas Phone: (888) 528-7155 or (242) 363-3000 Fax: (242) 363-6300](http://www.forbes.com/2002/03/07/0307feat.html) “Why, Miss Internet Searchengine! You’re BEAUTIFUL…!” ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2015, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-ancient-kemet-science-superior-to-modern-science/726034/28 "2015-07-24T18:14:24Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > How about in Atlantis, smart guy? Fool of a Took! The Atleanteans were ELVES. Plato lied to us all. And don’t me started on that guy from South Africa with all the initials. ---
**Author:** ![thanatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/97f17d/32.png) [@thanatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thanatic)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2015, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-ancient-kemet-science-superior-to-modern-science/726034/29 "2015-07-25T01:18:41Z")
i see alot of people made some jokes about this thread…and have every right to but is it that crazy to believe that Ancient Kemet or Ancient African science could of possibly been more advanced/greater understanding in CERTAIN fields of science than modern science ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2015, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-ancient-kemet-science-superior-to-modern-science/726034/30 "2015-07-25T01:21:43Z")
> [@thanatic](#): > > i see alot of people made some jokes about this thread…and have every right to > > but is it that crazy to believe that Ancient Kemet or Ancient African science could of possibly been more advanced/greater understanding in CERTAIN fields of science than modern science It is not persuasive if you don’t present evidence to support that belief. Otherwise, it is just religious faith. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2015, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-ancient-kemet-science-superior-to-modern-science/726034/31 "2015-07-25T01:44:41Z")
> [@Count\_Blucher](#): > > "The Atlantis Bridge Suite has the distinction of being the most expensive hotel suite in the world—it’s $25,000 a night. " > > [The Atlantis Paradise Island, Bahamas Phone: (888) 528-7155 or (242) 363-3000 Fax: (242) 363-6300](http://www.forbes.com/2002/03/07/0307feat.html) > > “Why, Miss Internet Searchengine! You’re BEAUTIFUL…!” I love the correction on that. The price was initially incorrectly reported at $30,000. Man, I thought 30k was way too much, but with the price at 25k, I am so there. ---
**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2015, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-ancient-kemet-science-superior-to-modern-science/726034/32 "2015-07-25T02:11:45Z")
> [@bump](#): > > And that’s the problem- how many people will suffer for one reason or another because of someone’s notion about “white man’s science” vs. “black man’s science”, when the real world just does its thing without regard for the color of one’s skin? You know how in the US quack treatment peddlers often rope in vague Christianity to sell herbs and crystals? In the Caribbean a lot of the peddlers rope in a mish mash of Rastafarianism and “back to mother Africa” rhetoric to sell their wares. Are you going to trust the white mans insulin? Or trust African herbs? (I have always wondered what makes the herbs African? Like the plants are native to Africa, or they were grown in Africa?) ---
**Author:** ![Kenm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bc79bd/32.png) [@Kenm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kenm)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2015, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-ancient-kemet-science-superior-to-modern-science/726034/33 "2015-07-25T02:26:13Z")
> [@grude](#): > > (I have always wondered what makes the herbs African? Like the plants are native to Africa, or they were grown in Africa?) Neither. They are pronounced 'erbs, making them much more exotically African. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2015, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-ancient-kemet-science-superior-to-modern-science/726034/34 "2015-07-25T02:34:11Z")
> [@thanatic](#): > > i see alot of people made some jokes about this thread…and have every right to The joking is likely because you have not answered any questions put to you. > [@](#): > > but is it that crazy to believe that Ancient Kemet or Ancient African science could of possibly been more advanced/greater understanding in CERTAIN fields of science than modern science 1. Could _have_, not could _of_. And, no, that’s not some horrible honkies-only rule. 2. Yes, it really is that crazy to believe that. It’s especially crazy when you don’t provide any support for that thesis. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2015, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-ancient-kemet-science-superior-to-modern-science/726034/35 "2015-07-25T02:57:31Z")
Yes. Their lights used far less electricity than even the latest LEDs. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2015, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-ancient-kemet-science-superior-to-modern-science/726034/36 "2015-07-25T03:04:38Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > How about in Atlantis, smart guy? How about Lemuria, smart guy? Or can’t you accept an ancient, lost civilization that wasn’t white, you racist fuck? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2015, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-ancient-kemet-science-superior-to-modern-science/726034/37 "2015-07-25T04:16:18Z")
> [@thanatic](#): > > but is it that crazy to believe that Ancient Kemet or Ancient African science could of possibly been more advanced/greater understanding in CERTAIN fields of science than modern science Forget crazy. It is STUPID to hold any such belief when there is no evidence to back it up. It is also the exact opposite of science. You have presented no such evidence. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2015, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-ancient-kemet-science-superior-to-modern-science/726034/38 "2015-07-25T04:20:58Z")
Can somebody give me a TL;DR on who or what Kemet was and what Kemetic Science was supposed to be, before I have to go look it up myself? ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2015, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-ancient-kemet-science-superior-to-modern-science/726034/39 "2015-07-25T04:30:51Z")
Ancient name for Egypt. ---
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2015, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-ancient-kemet-science-superior-to-modern-science/726034/40 "2015-07-25T05:15:56Z")
> [@thanatic](#): > > but is it that crazy to believe that Ancient Kemet or Ancient African science could of possibly been more advanced/greater understanding in CERTAIN fields of science than modern science I have no doubt that their knowledge of alchemy was vastly superior to ours. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-ancient-kemet-science-superior-to-modern-science/726034.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-ancient-kemet-science-superior-to-modern-science/726034.md?page=3)