fandomhigh | Applied Science | Monday

"Morning," Tyler said from his perch atop his desk. "Hope you all had a good break week. We're switching it up this week with a little critical thinking exercise."

He moved down in one fluid motion and started handing out printouts of an article (with the lovely comments section removed). "There is some very weird stuff in this world. You live in Fandom; you know that. But there's also weird stuff in the completely normal everyday world most -- well, at least half of us -- call reality. That is an article about things that exist in my world that no one can explain yet. it's modern technology that looks thousands of years older than it should be; it's a manuscript no one can decode; it's giant stone balls that no one can explain."

That stack distributed, he was back with more paper. "They left off Roswell, Stonehenge and the Moai statues on Easter Island, probably because they're too well-known and Stonehenge has turned out to be a graveyard anyhow." Spoilsport scientists.

"Anyhow, your assignment for the day is to read over this stuff and discuss your own, non-supernatural explanation for at least one of the things in your handouts." A beat. "'Aliens did it' could be true, but it still counts as supernatural."

[OOC: If your workplace filters the bastion of taste and sense that is Cracked.com, here are alternate links: Voynich manuscript - antikytheria mechanism - Baigong pipes - stone balls of Costa Rica - Baghdad battery - The Bloop.]

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"Other than Granddad's?" Ben teased.

He was so deserving of the blue paint later in the day.

//Well, that one's entirely too obvious,// Jonothon decided, crossing his arms over his chest and nodding. //There are teachers yer might never think to terrorize, after all. Can yer think of any who noodle about with plants, at all?//

He'd be taking the blue paint voluntarily, later. As penance, or something.

Ben thought about it, then shook his head. "Maybe one of the older ones? We should ask the alumni when they show up this weekend."

//Good idea, mate,// Jono decided. //While we're at it, we might even be able to find th'one who took these notes, hm?//

"Assuming my guess is right, of course," Ben said, eyes dancing.

//Well, I have faith in yer.// This was accompanied by a hand laid solemnly over his chest. //And besides, yer theory makes more sense than anything any scientist has come up with, doesn't it?//

"True," Ben said with a laugh. "But I think they were all on a lot of narcotics when they were coming up with some of these ideas."

//Yer would almost have to be, in order to get involved in th'study of mysterious ancient artifacts,// Jonothon decided. //For all we know, half of these could simply be the remains of some kind of highly-stylized ancient loo.//

Ben snorted. "And wouldn't that be a huge disappointment for everyone."

//Millions of dollars down the drain, wasted on the excavation and study of the toilets of cavemen.// Jono looked rather amused, himself. //It's almost poetic, I think.//

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