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I disagree. A lot of "simple" ideas we take for granted today evolved over thousands of years. The wheel, for example, took a lot of time to appear, place value
by bbotond 10y ago
I disagree. A lot of "simple" ideas we take for granted today evolved over thousands of years. The wheel, for example, took a lot of time to appear, place value is a notion we take for granted today but it became widespread only a couple hundred years ago, also whether zero was a number had been heavily debated around the time of its invention.
- sonthonax 10y agoMaking wheels used to be labour intensive and difficult, and even then remained quite inefficient. Wheels suddenly became energy efficient when the ball bearing was invented in the late 18th century.