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I refute it as follows: I could wedge a thin piece of lead in a cleaved branch, and tie it back together with fibrous material and make a pencil. Apparently I'
by 24gttghh 10y ago
I refute it as follows: I could wedge a thin piece of lead in a cleaved branch, and tie it back together with fibrous material and make a pencil.
Apparently I'm the smartest man alive /s
This is more in response to the article than the contents of the actual paper, which I won't be reading.
- flubert 10y agoBy "lead" do you mean elemental lead, or the graphite/clay mixture? How do you identify it in the wild? Where did you get the lead, and how did it become thin? Can you be more specific on fibrous material? Do cotton plants grow wild near you?
- 24gttghh 10y agoFibrous != only cotton. Numerous tree barks, coconut husks, vines, hemp fibers, etc., at least one of which can be found globally could be used. One would more likely make a milk or or other natural glue to bind the two halves which was more common.
- Ajedi32 10y agoSounds like a really shitty pencil. Anyway, where were you planning to get the thin piece of lead?
- wooter 10y agoI hope you're being facetious. If not, thats a rather foolish and ignorant "refutation." By the way, your non-pencil doesn't erase. Also, are you going to mine that lead yourself?
- 24gttghh 10y agoPencils were used for 300+ years before the invention of affixing an eraser to the end.
- dang 10y agoPlease don't post unsubstantive comments. We detached this subthread from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13017901 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13017901 and marked it off-topic.