please watch this thought-provoking video, going thru population napkin math. there were like 32-33 doublings between Adam & Eve and today's population number. the giant cathedrals were built at the time when, mathematically, there were only a handful of people living on earth.

the reasonable explanation is that there were well-orchestrated booms and busts throughout history, or as i now call it the decimation cycle (deci- means 1/10, the opposite of 10x, the elimination of 90%).

this is not a doomer post, but an attempt to put some brain gears in motion. the math does not add up, unless there were cataclysmal events where huge numbers were wiped out... or unless god-like entities came down and built some cool buildings for us to enjoy.

youtube link if preferred: https://youtu.be/5szlPxRdmkA