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Not to mention, we know how to build structures that can last 1,000 years because it has already been done before! Using a dubious material in place of a known
by rurp 4y ago
Not to mention, we know how to build structures that can last 1,000 years because it has already been done before! Using a dubious material in place of a known good one is not the best engineering approach.
- midoridensha 4y agoWho's "we"? The people who built structures 1000 years ago are all dead (I assume). Just because some humans somewhere figured out something in the past doesn't mean that humans somewhere else today know how to do it. Lots of knowledge has been lost to time.
- kadoban 4y agoWe know ways that worked a few times and failed many thousands of times more often. How many buildings of the same type didn't survive? If your goal is to use a method that has _any_ chance of success, however small, then the old ways are probably a good bet. If you want the highest chance of success you should probably at least evaluate new methods.
- JustLurking2022 4y agoYour best chance would probably be to go primitive - many different pyramids of various designs have stood for over a thousand years.
- kadoban 4y agoFor each one that is still standing, how many are dust?
- JustLurking2022 4y agoEvidence would seem to point toward not many. Even the Bent Pyramid, which may have come before Egyptians perfected the math behind building pyramids, still stands. Throw in the numerous ones found in various jungles by LIDAR and they seem to hold up quite well.