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re: We’re no smarter than people centuries ago. Watch a castle built using 13th century tech
Posted on 8/3/21 at 10:35 am to TheFitfulFire
Posted on 8/3/21 at 10:35 am to TheFitfulFire
I've always been real annoyed for some reason about the assumption people were real dumb just centuries ago.
My personal favorite is "they built this and the wheel wasn't even invented yet". That is a ridiculous statement. If you roll something on a damn log then you have a wheel. Pretty sure the wheel has been around for many 10s of thousands of years in one form or another.
This arrogance and stupidity is why people think aliens built ancient structures.
My personal favorite is "they built this and the wheel wasn't even invented yet". That is a ridiculous statement. If you roll something on a damn log then you have a wheel. Pretty sure the wheel has been around for many 10s of thousands of years in one form or another.
This arrogance and stupidity is why people think aliens built ancient structures.
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Posted on 8/3/21 at 10:37 am to fr33manator
I think as far as raw intellectual capability, there has not been much change since Homo Sapiens came on the scene.
The great things about humans, though,is they can accumulate information from generation to generation and beyond. Thus, technology and other fields of knowledge are much advanced.
The great things about humans, though,is they can accumulate information from generation to generation and beyond. Thus, technology and other fields of knowledge are much advanced.
Posted on 8/3/21 at 10:37 am to TigerPaul
This cycle might repeat. Aliens might be old Earth dwellers who escaped. Life may have been wiped out, and repopulated several times.
Posted on 8/3/21 at 10:38 am to RogerTheShrubber
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This cycle might repeat. Aliens might be old Earth dwellers who escaped. Life may have been wiped out, and repopulated several times.
L. Ron Hubbard... LIVES!
Posted on 8/3/21 at 10:41 am to Methuselah
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The great things about humans, though,is they can accumulate information from generation to generation and beyond.
Written language may be our greatest invention ever.
With it, we can become immortal. Speak from far beyond the grave. Communicate over vast times and distances, preserve knowledge and pass it on.
Fascinating when you really think about it. We take it for granted, like most things
Posted on 8/3/21 at 10:56 am to fr33manator
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What do you think?
I think it's very aesthetically pleasing and can I move in?
We have better technology now but make things of worse quality that won't last near as long.
Posted on 8/3/21 at 10:58 am to fr33manator
I mean the laws of physics haven’t changed. Fulcrum, lever.
Posted on 8/3/21 at 11:03 am to fr33manator
That's pretty cool 
Posted on 8/3/21 at 11:07 am to fr33manator
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Written language may be our greatest invention ever.
Except when thoughts and ideas are limited to 280 characters, then it becomes toxic.
Posted on 8/3/21 at 11:13 am to Homesick Tiger
quote:You think that's a difference in intelligence rather than a difference in cumulative knowledge?
I don't. Look how long it took from the time of man until 1804 when the first steam locomotive was invented. Man either walked or rode a horse for that long period of time to get around on dry land. From 1804 until 1969 was the short time needed to put a man on the moon.
It's not like people got that much smarter in that short time. They just had more knowledge to build on.
Posted on 8/3/21 at 11:51 am to Korkstand
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It's not like people got that much smarter in that short time. They just had more knowledge to build on
And just those certain ingenious individuals. Someone has to dream it and make it first
Posted on 8/3/21 at 12:43 pm to RogerTheShrubber
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Except when thoughts and ideas are limited to 280 characters, then it becomes toxic.
Brevity can be the soul of wit. But when you are confined to it constantly it tends to dumb down communication
Posted on 8/3/21 at 12:48 pm to Sao
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It's a discussion all its own really
Yeah, you’re heading down a slippery slope there. Thomas Malthus would be proud that his pessimism is alive and well.
In 1788, when he warned us of global famine, there were only one billion people. History has shown that if we solve enough problems, we can figure out a way to sustain the human race. Hopefully, those solutions are humane and peaceful.
Posted on 8/3/21 at 1:09 pm to fr33manator
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We’re no smarter than people centuries ago. Watch a castle built using 13th century tech
Your example is a 13th-century-style castle, and not the Egyptian pyramids from thousands of years earlier?
That's racist.
Egypt tells Elon Musk its pyramids were not built by aliens
It's a touchy subject. Elon Musk can't even joke around about it.
Posted on 8/3/21 at 1:30 pm to fr33manator
Seems like they’re pretty authentic. They have a stray black dog running around.
Posted on 8/3/21 at 1:32 pm to TouchedTheAxeIn82
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Your example is a 13th-century-style castle, and not the Egyptian pyramids from thousands of years earlier?
Yes. Because there isn’t an informative video series where they are building an actual pyramid using only period specific tech.
And I’m not a particularly big Egyptian history fan.
Posted on 8/3/21 at 1:42 pm to Korkstand
And a difference in how time consuming it was to accumulate the necessary resources for survival every year
Posted on 8/3/21 at 1:45 pm to fr33manator
That's it, I'm going to build a castle! I've waited too long already.
Posted on 8/3/21 at 2:17 pm to fr33manator
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Yes. Because there isn’t an informative video series where they are building an actual pyramid using only period specific tech.
And I’m not a particularly big Egyptian history fan.
Just joking around.
Posted on 8/3/21 at 2:30 pm to fr33manator
We’re not smarter. They have no idea how to rebuild Notre Dame like they originally built it.
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