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I often think of this kind of whimsical angle when I read other news stories about various archaeological and historical discoveries. There’s always so much dis
by lscharen 9y ago
I often think of this kind of whimsical angle when I read other news stories about various archaeological and historical discoveries. There’s always so much discussion on how a particular statue is “the cultural center of the community” or that a jeweled box was of “great religious significance”.
How do we know that the Elon Musk of 3000BC didn’t just build a big obelisk for the lulz?
Probably a bigger question of the problems of inferring great significance from extremely few samples...
- mstade 9y agoI’ve thought the same. There are these rock carvings from forever ago around here, and whenever somebody visits who’s never seen something like that before I just say they are probably tweets from forever ago. “This one over here is what someone had for lunch. I think ‘twas chicken.” That sort of thing.
- TeMPOraL 9y agoI agree. On a related note, I still believe this to be most plausible explanation of the Voynich Manuscript: https://xkcd.com/593/ https://xkcd.com/593/
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