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I don't feel that ancient forgotten civilizations make the narrative any more credible. We know that civilization moved from bronze tools to rockets in several

by yongjik 11y ago

I don't feel that ancient forgotten civilizations make the narrative any more credible. We know that civilization moved from bronze tools to rockets in several thousand years. If there were ancient civilizations that started much earlier than we think, what the hell were they doing all those years? It's exactly the same as your birds-and-flying analogy, except that now being birds mean having a civilization.

derefr 11y ago
The Australian aboriginies mentioned in the article never invented the wheel, you know. It seems that technological progress is only a ratchet after a certain amount of momentum has built up, and that it can just "fail to start" or "start and then fizzle out" near the beginning, going on that way for millenia.