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It's not just Herodotus; many ancient works create this impression. We have this implicit chronological snobbery because of our technology achievements, but whe
by gmoot 8y ago
It's not just Herodotus; many ancient works create this impression. We have this implicit chronological snobbery because of our technology achievements, but when you read ancient works you realize that they were just as smart as we are.
- dragonwriter 8y ago> when you read ancient works you realize that they were just as smart as we are. When you read ancient works the impression you get is heavily distorted by survivorship bias; it's not like we've preserved a representative sample of such works.
- gmoot 8y agoSure? But at minimum they were no dumber then the extant works show. There are plenty of dumb people today too.