Could this really have happened?

riverrat writes

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Is that what we do with everything that happened in the past and we can't explain, we call it myth?

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I don't think that's what CK meant. He offered a more realistic approach to the common misconception of a western shootout back in the days. Notice that he specifically said that there are no historical example of the face to face western shootout we usually see in movies but we do have plenty of historical examples of face to back shootouts. Without much evidence to support a specific preconception of an era long in the past, we can only conclude that chances are the incredible stories are little more than exaggerated stories.

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I wonder what they will say about us in 300 years?

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"You know, back in the day they would actually get in their cars and do drive-bys, now we just shoot them through the internet"
"Can't be, must have been a myth"

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If some catastrophe happens and all records of day-to-day life with our automobils (sp?) are gone, then yes future historians are justified to say that the usage of cars might have been nothing more than a myth. [quote]I am sure that the pyramids would be a myth if they weren't still standing.
Is that what we do with everything that happened in the past and we can't explain, we call it myth?
It couldn't have happened, it's not logical.I wonder what they will say about us in 300 years?"You know, back in the day they would actually get in their cars and do drive-bys, now we just shoot them through the internet"
"Can't be, must have been a myth"

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I am sure that the pyramids would be a myth if they weren't still standing.

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If the pyramids disappeared long before civilizations that kept accurate historical records arrived on the scene and the only memories of these great structures were nothing more than a couple of stories (fairy tales) held by local people of backwatered communities, then yes we are justified to say that chances are these structures were nothing more than myth.Think about it, without conclusive evidence, how can we tell the difference between real actual events and fairy tales?

riverrat writes

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We can't, so why claim it is one or the other?

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In the case of cowboys, we do know. In the case of missing pyramids, the reason we would dismiss it off hand if there wasn't any evidence at all of their existance is because we'd be asking ourselves, "is it more likely that these giant structures just magically disappeared and noone ever bothered to record about them or is it more likely that they never existed?"If we have to give equal consideration to every fantastic myth out there... you get the idea.

riverrat writes

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I come from a school of thought that is "anything is possible". It is a humble position.

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From what I have seen in your posts, you are anything but "anything is possible" type of person or humble.