The Overwhelming Obstructive Power of Personal Bias

gjb

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I happen to hold that itā€™s essentially because of human nature that itā€™s in the nature of treasure hunts to fail. All too frequently, it can be seen that emotions get in the way: notably greed, secrecy, impetuosity and narrow-mindedness.

Iā€™m also tending to believe that the Oak Island mystery will never be solved due simply to personal bias. For example, were the answer published here it would just be ignored as background noise. People would simply talk over it.

Furthermore, while there are millions of Oak Island fans and aficionados who might have a view and a contribution there is only one perception that holds sway at any time: that of the owners, who are subject to their own bias. Were they given the answer they would also simply ignore it.

Potentially, thereā€™s also a vested interest in not discovering the answer emanating from History and Prometheus (who seem not to be trying), thatā€™s in addition to the negative agendas of gainsayers here.

Below is a serious attempt at identifying the focal point of the Oak Island project (this not being the Money Pit). This is a reconstructed geometrical plan that explains the relationship between the locations of the Money Pit (Tree), Drilled Rocks and Triangles as found and reported.

OIEMarkers.jpg

Itā€™s based on a Flood Tunnel running for 30 rods (495 feet) on a magnetic east-west bearing out of the Money Pit at an angle two-fifths the tangent of 30 degrees (twice the tilt of the Welling Triangle). The key feature is the naturally occurring extended rhombus with seven points marked with stars upon it, the most easterly of which is most likely the original Cave-In Pit.

These seven points appear to be highly significant, and could be the path to the answer, but at this point outright prejudice will kick in. Five of these starred points are actually the targets of the instructions on the much discredited so-called ā€˜Captain Kiddā€™ treasure maps (in reality, nothing to do with pirates or Kidd).

For most people, their innate bias will kick in immediately and prevent their reading further. Others will begin marshalling counter-arguments without bothering to assimilate what is being said.

OIPoints1.jpg

The instructions leading to the points marked A to G in the diagram are as follows:

A: 18 NE by 71 W on Rock ... Tree
B: No Map
C: 50 Feet N by 8 Feet W on Rock ... Tree
D: 515 SE, 50 N, 36 NE, 36 NE Rocks ...
E: 18 W and By 7 E on Rock ... Tree
F: 360 yards V.R. North ... centre of triangle between Rocks ...
G: No Map.

Some will dismiss the fact that this happens without consideration on the basis that it is a figment of my own personal bias. Others will claim that this is clear proof of a hoax. None will suggest it should be investigated.

Nevertheless, this could be highly significant - maybe even a potential path to the answer to the mystery - but nobody will give a damn, because theyā€™ll convince themselves it must be wrong without ever having seen it worked.

QED! Bias Beats All!

Explanation

All five sets of instructions are coded in the same way. Where indicated, flip the first two lines. First, take offsets from the two Drilled Rocks (or the rocks themselves if none are given) the first being from the East Rock. Next, take a third offset, starting at the Tree (the centre of the Money Pit). Form a triangle with these three points and locate its centre.

Finally, take an offset in the direction of the centre line and mid-point unless otherwise specified. This offset is in the general form ā€˜a By b By cā€™ where a and b are distances and c is a multiplier (thus, the offset is a + b + ac: so, 3 Feet by 3 Feet by Four = 18 feet). Note the British / Colonial units of measure throughout. Below is a worked example for Point A on the diagram above:

OIMapPtA.jpg

The distances from the targets of all five map points are shown in inches in the diagram below. Note well that somebody dug a hole some six feet wide and nearly twenty feet deep (the Cave-In Pit) at one of these seven map points. The centre point marked ā€˜Xā€™ appears from additional evidence to be the place to look.

OIPoints2.jpg

The fact that these derivations are so accurate (within 25cm) is a pointer to the reconstruction being correct. Weā€™ve been handed clues, and weā€™re ignoring them and destroying them due to extreme bias.

The suggestion will, of course, be written off as nonsense even though a quick investigation might decide the matter either way. The true killer blow is that even if itā€™s right weā€™re powerless to act, as the owners will never listen due to their own bias!

Hence, the mystery will never be solved - and thatā€™s entirely our fault for not taking the trouble to work it out from the clues that were so obviously left in order that someone might do just that.

If we stop thinking with bias and start thinking objectively about what Oak Island is offering us then we might just crack it, though Iā€™m not holding my breath! Itā€™s clearly not going to happen! Not here, anyway!
 

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Well there's a minute-and-a-half I'll never get back.. :coffee2:
 

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Unrelated.. but whatā€™s the difference in the length of a ā€œrodā€ and a ā€œpoleā€? Or are they the same?
 

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Bias can work both ways, people just as easily talking themselves in believing in things even when they don't truly exist, their passion and mindset even permitting them to assemble seemingly relevant evidences that never actual exist, or apply. Treasure legends are ripe full of this type of bias, much of it just being manufactured evidences with no actual provenance or direct connection at all. I've said this many times before, people can create anything they desire out of complete unknowns, the simple fact that they are in a state of being completely unknown allowing for this, this same reason explaining why so many vastly different evidences/solutions/remedies can be created. If they weren't complete unknowns then all of these vastly different and strongly biased theories couldn't exist.
 

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Why would someone go to that level of complication to bury anything? And then use small rocks to mark it - which obviously can be, and have been, moved around as needed?

10X is a total waste - originally the site was determined through divination. Obviously that was a poor method.
 

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Why would someone go to that level of complication to bury anything? And then use small rocks to mark it - which obviously can be, and have been, moved around as needed?

10X is a total waste - originally the site was determined through divination. Obviously that was a poor method.
In a roundabout way he found what he was looking for (a large void full of water deep underground) so the method was fine... it was just the wrong void.
 

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Why would someone go to that level of complication to bury anything? And then use small rocks to mark it - which obviously can be, and have been, moved around as needed?

10X is a total waste - originally the site was determined through divination. Obviously that was a poor method.

The "Divination" story was a hoax perpetrated by the OI Enterprise cabal.

The 10x shaft was dug into the ground based on real world calculations from the maps of the explorations of the 1850's time period onward.

The men that were invested in the Money Pit spoke of a side chamber they dug, in many of their written documents, speaking about an entrance that they had dug to enter the pit from the side........Does this chamber sound familiar?

Evidence telling about the side chamber found with the staircase leading down that was crudely lined with stone steps......can be found all over the net.....this side chamber was documented LOOOOONG before they got there in their current "Tourist Trap" scam.

The entrance was some feet away from the pit and descended down to the side chamber to create a major entrance there into the 90' levels and below. This chamber was dug out in the 1800's and then Dan Blankenship comes in in the 1950's and tells everyone that he "Divined" the location.

That's even more hilarious.....EVERYONE who has read into the multiple digs there over time can see that the oblivious nature that they present as their foundation for re-visioning the island as a "complete mystery" is as obvious as them gradually denying all research presented, and then physically altering the island and it's layout.....to fit with their "Blind Faith" ethics.

They screwed their own facades up so bad it became a 5 season joke.

They were just trying to "help" discover the Heritage of Canada, remember.....
 

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The "Divination" story was a hoax perpetrated by the OI Enterprise cabal.

The 10x shaft was dug into the ground based on real world calculations from the maps of the explorations of the 1850's time period onward.

The men that were invested in the Money Pit spoke of a side chamber they dug, in many of their written documents, speaking about an entrance that they had dug to enter the pit from the side........Does this chamber sound familiar?

Evidence telling about the side chamber found with the staircase leading down that was crudely lined with stone steps......can be found all over the net.....this side chamber was documented LOOOOONG before they got there in their current "Tourist Trap" scam.

The entrance was some feet away from the pit and descended down to the side chamber to create a major entrance there into the 90' levels and below. This chamber was dug out in the 1800's and then Dan Blankenship comes in in the 1950's and tells everyone that he "Divined" the location.

That's even more hilarious.....EVERYONE who has read into the multiple digs there over time can see that the oblivious nature that they present as their foundation for re-visioning the island as a "complete mystery" is as obvious as them gradually denying all research presented, and then physically altering the island and it's layout.....to fit with their "Blind Faith" ethics.

They screwed their own facades up so bad it became a 5 season joke.

They were just trying to "help" discover the Heritage of Canada, remember.....

That was 2 seconds I'll never get back. The same rhetoric repeated over and over hoping someone will believe it.....where is the proof?
 

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Unrelated.. but whatā€™s the difference in the length of a ā€œrodā€ and a ā€œpoleā€? Or are they the same?

Their the same 16.5 feet
 

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no matter what I THINK stops no one from doing anything
 

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Myself if the Lagina Brothers want to find anything on Oak Island worthwhile, I believe they need to drain the swamp and place Earth Movers in there and dig.
 

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Iā€™m also tending to believe that the Oak Island mystery will never be solved due simply to personal bias. For example, were the answer published here it would just be ignored as background noise. People would simply talk over it.

Furthermore, while there are millions of Oak Island fans and aficionados who might have a view and a contribution there is only one perception that holds sway at any time: that of the owners, who are subject to their own bias. Were they given the answer they would also simply ignore it.! !
All that is needed to do to PROVE treasure is buried on OI is to find some treasure. This has zero to do with bias. It has to do with the FACT that the Laginas have found nothing even related to actual treasure. Everything else is not relevant to treasure beign still buried on OI. Show us the gold, the ark, the grail and we will believe... anything else is just a made up story.....
 

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All that is needed to do to PROVE treasure is buried on OI is to find some treasure.

This. Irrefutable physical evidence trumps my cognitive bias every time.

On a related note, it makes a lot more sense to discuss the origins of a treasure after a treasure has actually been recovered. Doing otherwise is putting the cart before the horse.
 

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This. Irrefutable physical evidence trumps my cognitive bias every time.

On a related note, it makes a lot more sense to discuss the origins of a treasure after a treasure has actually been recovered. Doing otherwise is putting the cart before the horse.

Do you realize you're being logical and rational? :laughing7:
I have always sensed the obvious red flags when all of these "accurate and conclusive solutions" are in regards to subjects that can't even be proved to have ever been real or to have existed at all. Seems to me that this have to be conclusively established first. :icon_scratch:
 

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All that is needed to do to PROVE treasure is buried on OI is to find some treasure. This has zero to do with bias. It has to do with the FACT that the Laginas have found nothing even related to actual treasure. Everything else is not relevant to treasure beign still buried on OI. Show us the gold, the ark, the grail and we will believe... anything else is just a made up story.....


If the original 3 did actually find 3 small chests as their family member said, I can't show that to you now, if Samuel Ball did find some gold coins and maybe the chests that Fred Nolan found in the swamp years later, even if that was true and we all did believe it there would still be no way for me to prove it now...
 

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