Which would be more important if found to be real Atlantis, Bigfoot or Loch Ness Monster

Question

Since all would be a big F U to the scientific community which would be the most important.

Answer 1

Atlantis cuz mermaids live there

Answer 2

Atlantis, because it would extend back our knowledge of human history probably an additional 1000 years. I personally don't think we would find any amazing new technology though, I suspect that Atlantis (if it existed) was just an advanced society for it's time - which would still be pretty primitive to us. Nevertheless, it would pretty radically change/expand what we know about the ancient world, delving into heretofore unplumbed depths of lost time.

Bigfoot is probably the least interesting - we already know lots of primate species, so the only people who it would  matter to are people who still aren't convinced that humans are descended from apes.

The Loch Ness monster might be a biologist's find - some kind of isolated species that lives in the lake, maybe a dinosaur holdover. That would be a pretty big deal for evolutionary biologists - more so than Bigfoot. Still it would only affect like the last 100 years of biology. Whereas Atlantis would go back all the way to the dawn of history.

Answer 3

I would think Atlantis.  Maybe we could figure out what they used for energy since they were a highly advanced civilization that had huge energy resources.

Answer 4

LOCH NESS! Sincerely. Nessy is the best.

Answer 5

Atlantis by far. The other two would just be new entries in the worlds taxonomy (big book of animals, like an atlas of living things), while Atlantis would mean a complete re-write of human history.

Incidentally, I hate to break it to you, but none of these things would hurt or harm the scientific community in any way shape or form.  Unless Atlantis were inhabited by faeries, Nessie could grant wishes or Bigfoot could speak, fly and were immortal.

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People, think.... Only Disney watching 6 year-olds think Atlantis had some great mystic technology or power source. The Atlantis of legend was a great republic of trade and prosperity, advanced by the standards of the Greek philosophers, but completely undeveloped by our standards.

Answer 6

Atlantis the technology would be overwhelmingly helpful

Answer 7

The problem with this thought is that you are taking it on faith that at least one of these is real but there isn't any evidence to support any of them.  Would any of these being found to be real stick it to the "man", or at least "Mr Science"?  You bet they would but don't hold your breath till it happens.  I'm afraid that the fairy tales you were told as a kid are as likely to be proven to be real.

Answer 8

Big Foot. That would imply that there are things walking our earth (BIG things) that are smart enough to hide their species from us and therefore protect their future. Most people accept that lakes and the seas are very mysterious places and that we have so much more to learn about them. However, we would like to think that we know about the existence of everything on this earth that is an animal, etc (not just small things like insects). Also, imagine how terrified people would feel if it was proven that bigfoot was real. Could we feel safe? No. We have to go into a lake to be attacked by a loch ness monster but you could hypothetically walking to class when a bigfoot gets you. By the way, if bigfoot does exist I think they are harmless.