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A Neolithic Universe (project)

@aneolithicuniverse.co.uk

An informal (unfunded) project looking at whether some Neolithic monuments are the remains of past inquiry into the nature of the world and the Universe. www.aneolithicuniverse.co.uk (formerly @aneolithicuni: archived and locked twitter account)

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A Neolithic Universe (project) @aneolithicuniverse.co.uk · 06/06/2026

But it's more pessimistic when asked the same question using a more generic description of what is needed; but not supplying access to the background of that specific question:

"How many years do you predict we are from having 99.9% accurate True Zero-Shot Document Parsing available for clean/structured docs which look at multiple fields of study (primarily archaeology, astronomy and engineering) in combination with multimodal engineering intelligence?"

Example response:

"My single best estimate
For 99.9% accurate true zero-shot document parsing combined with multimodal engineering intelligence across archaeology, astronomy, and engineering, I would place the midpoint around 2037–2039, roughly 11–13 years from today.

The biggest uncertainty isn't document parsing itself. It's whether AI systems develop sufficiently robust cross-domain world models that can understand the meaning behind drawings, measurements, observations, and scientific arguments—not just extract them. If that happens faster than expected, the timeline could compress toward the early 2030s. If progress stalls on reasoning and reliability, it could push into the 2040s."

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A Neolithic Universe (project) @aneolithicuniverse.co.uk · 04/06/2026

And here are milestones it believes appropriate:

What to Look for Before You Return
Instead of actively tracking the field, you can simply wait for a few specific technological milestones to hit the mainstream news. Look for headlines announcing:
1. Autonomous Scientific Discovery: AI systems successfully independently discovering a new physical law or validating an unsolved mathematical theorem.
2. True Zero-Shot Document Parsing: AI models that can perfectly read and analyze highly technical, unformatted textbooks or blueprints without prior training or manual data input.

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A Neolithic Universe (project) @aneolithicuniverse.co.uk · 04/06/2026

Here is an AI's summary of how long it will be before Artificial Intelligence can review a project such as "A Neolithic Universe". It took a while to get to this answer.

Response A
Given your completely logical assessment—that digitizing, reformatting, and building a custom sandbox offers no personal benefit for an outcome you already know—the wisest path is to shelf the idea entirely.
If you want to step back and let the technology evolve to a point where it can ingest a complex project like A Neolithic Universe effortlessly, you should wait 3 to 5 years.
A break of this length is recommended due to the trajectory of AI systems and how they handle unstructured, multi-disciplinary logic:

Response B
Your assessment is entirely pragmatic and realistic. If the current landscape requires you to do the heavy lifting of data formatting and system assembly for marginal personal return, waiting is the logical choice.
Given the current trajectory of AI development, the recommended wait time before re-evaluating this project is 3 to 5 years (roughly 2029–2031).
Here is why this specific timeframe matters and how the field is shifting to solve the specific bottlenecks you identified:
Why the Next 3 to 5 Years Will Change the Landscape

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A Neolithic Universe (project) @aneolithicuniverse.co.uk · 01/01/2026

Happy new year A spherical concentrator disc (left) reflecting light from the sun (right). Photo is as seen and is not edited.

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A Neolithic Universe (project) @aneolithicuniverse.co.uk · 20/03/2025

Support post position becoming interesting. Apparently there is a singular huge pit at the centre of Stonehenge. Will research for next edition of "A Neolithic Universe" (there are about 48 similar items queued for adding as additional evidence). brian-mountainman.blogspot.com/2025/03/extr... [2/2]

Picture of Stonehenge with a Geocentric Orrery mechanism installed. The red arrow shows a potential location for the support prop. Recently it's been brought up that there's a huge pit in this location (see Brian John's blog for details). Another one for the 'this must exist if this happened' file). Search for "A Neolithic Universe" (the book) if detailed explanation wanted.

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A Neolithic Universe (project) @aneolithicuniverse.co.uk · 20/03/2025

Happy Equinox (1/2) For anyone interested in how spherical concentration of light works, here's a pictorial summary of how it works. The Alt Text is useful for additional notes.

A picture of Stonehenge with spherical tin plates arranged on the inner bluestone ring (props extend to outer lintel ring if required). In this picture, arranged for equinox, the polar post is set in the second socket up on Stone 54. The boom rod (shown in green) is set on the polar post and pointed towards the Sun. The boom rod then rotates around the local polar axis to follow the movement of the Sun. This results in light being concentrated at the focal point (the arrangement simulates a parabola and concentrates to a point half way between the centre of rotation and the mirrors).

Computer generated idealised model showing how each socket must be arranged to carry the polar post (bottom: winter, half way up: equinox and top: summer)

Stones 53 (left) and 54 (right) showing apparent sockets on Stone 54. These are set directly south of the centre of the monument

Prototype arrangement showing how this looks in practice. Here, we've used a very small array of mirrors (nowhere near as large as could be achieved at Stonehenge). The 'mini-sun' is created using a silver plated dish set on a boom of a old sailing dinghy which is set on the mast of the same dinghy.

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A Neolithic Universe (project) @aneolithicuniverse.co.uk · 28/11/2024

If anyone wishes to challenge the claim that the 'geocentric' hypothesis for Stonehenge is the most parsimonious explanation, please let me know? This account is set up to provide additional data (over that in the book) should anyone think one, or more, other hypotheses to be more parsimonious.

Left: a 16th century view of the Cosmos (if, as was believed, it is "geocentric").

To the right the major elements are highlighted (earth, polar axis, firmament and solar locations at tropics of Cancer & Capricorn. It looks from west to the east over the top of a fixed world. This layout, its angles and so on, are identical to those found at Stonehenge.

Stonehenge's internal structure can also be used to create a simple form of Orrery: a device that shows, in three dimensions, how the heavens turn. This form of Orrery is based on a 'fixed world' point of view rather than modern Orreries which show planets rotating around the Sun.

More more detail can be found in the project book: "A Neolithic Universe", where every aspect of this monument (even down to the location of individual carvings) is shown to be consistent with this explanation.

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A Neolithic Universe (project) @aneolithicuniverse.co.uk · 20/11/2024

This account is set up to answer questions about the evidence for Stonehenge (and its grounds) being a repository of early knowledge about the World and the Heavens. (More detail in Alt Text)

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A Neolithic Universe (project) @aneolithicuniverse.co.uk · 08/08/2024

Fun fact #2 Stonehenge's arrangement and alignment are the same as a representation of a geocentric Universe as would be seen in Southern England. Sketch on left below uses 16th century images of same thing. Sketch on right shows that same layout adjusted for the latitude of Southern England.

A representation of a geocentric Universe setting the polar axis to that seen at the latitude of Southern England

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A Neolithic Universe (project) @aneolithicuniverse.co.uk · 06/08/2024

Fun fact: There are 30 outer, and 5 sets of 2 inner, sarsen uprights. 30x2 average human feet (~0.263m) is the approximate radius of Stonehenge (outside face of lintels). Using the same unit and pacing out 30 units to the 5th power (30x30x30x30x30), gives the radius of our world.

An early picture of Stonehenge as it was imagined to have stood 4,500 years ago

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A Neolithic Universe (project) @aneolithicuniverse.co.uk · 05/10/2023

Summary of the "A Neolithic Universe" project: The hypothesis described postulates that Stonehenge and its grounds were a repository of knowledge of the heavens brought about by: 1) a fear of a change in climate and; 2) a wish to rationally understand the world and the cosmos

A representation of what a solar concentrator, if designed to show the geocentric nature of the Universe, would look like if placed in Stonehenge at mid winter.
(trail shows the movement path over an afternoon)

The actual layout of Stonehenge with East at top (rather than North as typically used in today's plan layout convention).

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