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> That’s a silly argument, we could build pyramids 100 times bigger than the Egyptian ones if we wanted to today, and we can build engines that are far more ef

> That’s a silly argument, we could build pyramids 100 times bigger than the Egyptian ones if we wanted to today, and we can build engines that are far more efficient and powerful than the Apollo ones. You seemed to have missed a couple of points there. Of course we can build the pyramids, but can we do it with the same level of technology that we think they had? Of course we can build better engines than the Apollo ones but can we recreate exactly those? These were the questions post to highlight that we have lost knowledge before.

crispyporkbites 6y ago
Can you recreate the exact breakfast I just made? Can you crack an egg the same way twice? Entropy always increases. It's knowledge that we don't necessarily need, if we really needed to made pyramids in the same way, we'd figure it out.
- jedberg 6y ago
  > if we really needed to made pyramids in the same way, we'd figure it out. We've been trying to figure it out for a century and still haven't. Why do you think we could now? Same with the engines. We've been trying to make an F-1 for over a decade. In 2013 they even tore one down to figure out how it was made [0]. They still haven't figured it out. [0] https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/146829-nasa-resurrects-its-most-powerful-rocket-engine-after-40-years-for-science https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/146829-nasa-resurrects-i...
- guerrilla 6y ago
  > Can you recreate the exact breakfast I just made? Can you crack an egg the same way twice? Entropy always increases. This is a false equivalency because you're confounding a uncontrollable natural process with things that could easily come with an instruction manual and be as replicate as a cake or science experiment. Identity is not the goal but sufficient similarity to meet specific requirements. > It's knowledge that we don't necessarily need, if we really needed to made pyramids in the same way, we'd figure it out. This moves the goal post and changes the subject because the original point was whether or not we lose knowledge, not whether or not that is acceptable.
- 082349872349872 6y ago
  "Wally" Wallington, retired construction worker, proposes a very Archimedean, but not very labour intensive, henge technique: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vHHhmJBY0k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vHHhmJBY0k

crispyporkbites 6y ago

Can you recreate the exact breakfast I just made? Can you crack an egg the same way twice? Entropy always increases. It's knowledge that we don't necessarily need, if we really needed to made pyramids in the same way, we'd figure it out.

jedberg 6y ago
> if we really needed to made pyramids in the same way, we'd figure it out. We've been trying to figure it out for a century and still haven't. Why do you think we could now? Same with the engines. We've been trying to make an F-1 for over a decade. In 2013 they even tore one down to figure out how it was made [0]. They still haven't figured it out. [0] https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/146829-nasa-resurrects-its-most-powerful-rocket-engine-after-40-years-for-science https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/146829-nasa-resurrects-i...
guerrilla 6y ago
> Can you recreate the exact breakfast I just made? Can you crack an egg the same way twice? Entropy always increases. This is a false equivalency because you're confounding a uncontrollable natural process with things that could easily come with an instruction manual and be as replicate as a cake or science experiment. Identity is not the goal but sufficient similarity to meet specific requirements. > It's knowledge that we don't necessarily need, if we really needed to made pyramids in the same way, we'd figure it out. This moves the goal post and changes the subject because the original point was whether or not we lose knowledge, not whether or not that is acceptable.
082349872349872 6y ago
"Wally" Wallington, retired construction worker, proposes a very Archimedean, but not very labour intensive, henge technique: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vHHhmJBY0k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vHHhmJBY0k