⚡ The Ring of Gyges: Science, Morality, and Ancient Mystery ⚡

A ring that makes you invisible. A tale of power, corruption, and human nature — but what if this story isn’t just philosophy?

What we talk about in this episode:

📜 The Myth of Gyges
• Retelling Plato’s story and its moral experiment — would justice still exist if we could act unseen?
• What does this say about human morality when consequences disappear?
• How does this ancient myth compare to The Lord of the Rings and modern stories of power and temptation?

🔬 The Deeper Questions
• From philosophy to science — could the Ring of Gyges represent lost or advanced technology?
• Is a “phone” or an “invisible ring” more plausible in today’s context?
• Missing 411 parallels — beings in caves, advanced tech, and accounts of invisibility.
• Alternate explanations: ancient manipulation, misunderstood tech, or something else entirely?

🪶 Further myth research:
• Ubara-Tutu, Shurrupak, and Methuselah — exploring ancient king lists and cuneiform clues.
• Jeremy Black’s translations: person vs. place — what the archeological discoveries reveal.
• Could these texts hint at hidden journeys or advanced beings remembered as gods?

🎙️ Catch-Up Segment We’re back after a short break — and diving headfirst into one of the oldest and strangest mysteries linking philosophy, myth, and science.

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Sources:
Plato. (n.d.). The Republic [PDF]. Retrieved from https://www.sciencetheearth.com/uploads/2/4/6/5/24658156/plato_-_the_republic.pdf

Missing 411: The Hunted https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3vQKtbJmNw

Missing 411 Website/Where to Buy the Books: https://www.canammissing.com/page/page/8396197.htm

Instructions to Shurrupak Article Referenced: "Inscriptions from Tell Abu Salabikh" The University of Chicago Oriental Institute Publications Volume XCIX by Robert Biggs