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What type of mindset does it take to watch the stars for thousands years, accumulate the results, and pass it on from generation to generation?

“We have already suggested that Paleolithic African man began a process of continuous star-gazing as far back as 40,000 years ago. Sometime between 6,000 and 12,000 years ago, star gazing was transformed into a systematic observational science in the Nilotic lands of Africa. Millenia of observations were codified and one of the results of this was the discovery of the Precession. It is hard now to doubt that in fact these archaic Nilotic Africans had indeed discovered this arresting phenomenon, and such a discovery, in the absence of telescopes, applied mathematics, and other technical tools, could only be the fruit of continuous observation over a period of at least 26,000 years. By now, a dozen qualified authorities have carefully investigated the question and have unambiguously concluded that the ancient Egyptians had acquired a precise knowledge of the Precession and had encoded it in their monuments.” – Okunini Charles Finch III; The Star of Deep Beginnings; pg 177