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By symmetry of the exponential curve, your ancestors would be just as justified.
by AbrahamParangi 5y ago
By symmetry of the exponential curve, your ancestors would be just as justified.
- sfblah 5y agoI don’t think this is quite right. To take a European example, the ancient Romans discovered concrete, then successor civilizations largely forgot how it worked for ~500+ years. Not all eras of history even had a positive slope to the curve.
- Jensson 5y agoAnother example of Rome. It took over 1000 years before another city in the world became as big as Rome in its heyday.