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Just think abput all the knowledge that was lost over the centuries and millenia of human civilization. Who are we to think that our technology is the greatest
by wheelerof4te 5y ago
Just think abput all the knowledge that was lost over the centuries and millenia of human civilization.
Who are we to think that our technology is the greatest and the most advanced on this planet? We have no conclusive evidence to claim such titles.
Ancient people have drawings of strange creatures and devices that descend from the heavens. Even the Pyramids show signs of advanced engineering, such as deep tunnels and chambers beneath layers of limestone and rocks. These structures were neccessary for survival under the scorching sun during the summer. During winter's cold nights, rocks provided good thermal isolation. We now know of huge chambers and hallways carved deep into the Pyramids. Maybe they were used as gathering places, with many chambers providing shelter and comfort?
Who knows. Only couple of years earlier we thought to know everything about ancient Greece. Then this happened.
- rsynnott 5y ago> Only couple of years earlier we thought to know everything about ancient Greece I don't think any historian would claim that, or would ever have claimed that. Knowledge of the ancient world is extremely limited and patchy.
- darkerside 5y agoThis is generally considered a dangerous line of thinking, but I believe society has become too soft. We're so frightened of mystical thinking and being wrong that people aren't willing to entertain "dumb" ideas. Just don't make the mistake of thinking it's anything more than speculation.
- ZanyProgrammer 5y ago> We're so frightened of mystical thinking and being wrong that people aren't willing to entertain "dumb" ideas. As the pandemic has showed, quite the contrary we embrace too many "dumb" ideas.
- darkerside 5y agoThis is what I'm talking about, folks!
- retrac 5y agoUnconventional might be the word you want, more than "dumb". In a way, despite our general tolerance and diversity of thought, I've come to believe we're an extremely orthodox culture. As a general rule, there is a right way to do something, someone has almost certainly already discovered it, and your job as an artisan, engineer, or anyone else, is to look that correct way up in a book, and do it that way. Just inventing your own take on something considered settled is thought to be extremely eccentric, possibly even a sign of madness.
- darkerside 5y agoYep. It's ironically very unscientific.
- wheelerof4te 5y agoPlenty of people were afraid of "dangerous thinking", so we stagnated as a species during the middle ages. That's why some civilizations were more advanced thusands of years ago than, say, Britain during the 1200's.
- TheGigaChad 5y agoWho is claiming this you fucking idiot?
- AlotOfReading 5y agoYou're aware that it's perfectly possible to live on the surface in Egypt without air conditioning, right? Like you can just go there and put up a tent if you want.