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RE: Maybe Machu Picchu was Already 3D Printed Before the Incas Got There
Surely they can tell the difference between something natural vs an artificial polymer, or is this a case where the archaeologists speculate in isolation from geologists? If they were making blocks, I wondered why they wouldn't have more regular ones but being earthquake proof could be part of that.
It does seem like there would be a way to tell if the stone was artificially made. It could be that the academic world would have trouble accepting the possibility that ancient stone blocks were somehow liquified or manufactured, since that would defy the official history of the planet, and would also suggest that modern archeology has been fooled all this time by forgotten races of prehistoric humans. Those irregular shapes do add to the mystery, and maybe those odd fittings help in case of an earthquake, it makes sense. I always try to imagine how they did it though, and if it was done out of art, or necessity, or both.
The academic world has pet theories but they still bend to overwhelming scientific evidence. Are we there yet? I remember when a geologist finally observed the Sphinx and was able to tell them it had been eroded by water, a foreign concept on the dry plateau. I only recently learned it had been painted.