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I don't think it's right to apply survivorship bias in this case. I mean, it's trivially true that anything unmaintained will collapse over a long enough time-
by Luc 8y ago
I don't think it's right to apply survivorship bias in this case.
I mean, it's trivially true that anything unmaintained will collapse over a long enough time-frame, but I don't think >50% of buildings built to last collapsed before their time. If anything the damn things were overbuilt and hard to get rid of, even while being plundered for building materials.
- alejohausner 8y agoActually medieval designers did not use conservative design. Many cathedrals were not overbuilt. There was a push to make the walls and pillars thin, the ceilings tall, to create a sense of ethereal beauty. As a result, many buildings collapsed during construction, because they were pushing things too far.
- Luc 8y agoBut not most, I don't think.
- kevin_thibedeau 8y agoCathedrals were 100+ year endeavors and sufficient care was taken in design so that relatively few failed completely. Most buildings were not cathedrals and didn't benefit from such care.