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A sophisticated mechanical astronomical computer is no less implausible in that time period than a battery for electroplating. Neither require aliens. The Inca
by droithomme 7y ago
A sophisticated mechanical astronomical computer is no less implausible in that time period than a battery for electroplating. Neither require aliens.
The Incas did electroplating. We even have the remnant electroplated artifacts. Did the Incas invent batteries for electroplating first or was it the Greeks? We don't know yet. If Greek electroplated items are found someday then we'll be able to say they did it first.
- 8bitsrule 7y agoAnd yet Antikythera sat gathering dust for 50 years (until Price) because noone knew what to make of it ... "most scholars considered the device to be prochronistic..." (WP) After Price spelled it out, it still took decades for enough scholars to die - and the tech to understand it became available - only then it became more plausible ...