[Brian Jacobs]

Brian Jacobs  asked the Naked Scientists:
   
I have the following questions that I am seeking answers for and the answer o the first question will really inform whether or how the other questions are answered:
 
How credible are the translations of the Sumerian Clay Tablets e.g. the Sumerian King List which list 149 Kings and apparently spans about 240 000 years?

Can the Sumerian Clay translations of Zecharia Sitchin be verified/validated and just how credible are these translations?

Is it true that active genes only comprise of 3% of the total DNA in our chromosomes and what then is the function of the 97% "inactive" genes/
 
I look forward to hearing the answers or views on the issues being raised.
 
Regards,
 
Brian. H. Jacobs
What do you think?

[Colin2B]

Brian Jacobs  asked the Naked Scientists:
Can the Sumerian Clay translations of Zecharia Sitchin be verified/validated and just how credible are these translations?

I would suggest not very credible at all https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zecharia_Sitchin

I would suggest you post the 2nd part of your question in the Physiology and Medicine section

[syhprum]

These wild fantasies make "worlds in collision" seem almost sensible in comparison

[zx16]

Why believe anything in a Sumerian clay tablet?  It's obviously pre-scientific bollocks.

[alancalverd]

The only people who can vouch for the validity of the translation are Sumerians but (a) they don't speak English and (b) they are all dead, so the answer is "not at all".

[jeffreyH]

When Michael Ventris deciphered linear b he had the advantage of not only bringing scholars together to share knowledge but also an eye for patterns that pointed to the Greek language. He was also multi-lingual. These advantages would not be enough to decipher Sumerian. You could just make anything up.

[zx16]

Don't you think the only reason that Michael Ventris is still remembered, is simply this: because he named the script that he supposedly deciphered:  "LINEAR-B".
That name resonates so strongly, that he's been immortalised.  If he'd called the script anything else, he'd be forgotten.