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It is fascinating how some ancient techniques had remarkable properties even though they didn’t have the tools or science to explain it back then. I recently le
by saqadri 3y ago
It is fascinating how some ancient techniques had remarkable properties even though they didn’t have the tools or science to explain it back then. I recently learnt that ancient concrete has self healing properties because of the reaction of air/water with lime and volcanic ash.
Makes you wonder how far we can get with trial and error.
- peteradio 3y ago> Makes you wonder how far we can get with trial and error. And millennia long test periods.
- kfarr 3y agoYes, the survivorship bias is strong in this case
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- sorokod 3y agoGot us from cingle cell organisms. Just trial error and time.
- teeray 3y agoIt’s been amazing learning some knots these past few months, realizing what you can do with them once you have a good repertoire to draw from, and then realizing that many of them have been used since antiquity.