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These dodecahedrons with bumps could also be used for rope making of not for the absense of mechanical wear.
by thriftwy 3y ago
These dodecahedrons with bumps could also be used for rope making of not for the absense of mechanical wear.
- jjtheblunt 3y agoIt would be fun if those dodecadedron objects turned out to be old yo-yos. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yo-yo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yo-yo
- faitswulff 3y agoIt's been demonstrated that you can make gloves with them.
- smitty1e 3y agoI've seen some knitting applications for glove fingers, also.
- alan-crowe 3y agoBut there is a surprising counter claim that the dodecahedrons predate the invention of knitting: https://eukaryotewritesblog.com/2022/08/04/fiber-arts-mysterious-dodecahedrons-and-waiting-on-eureka/ https://eukaryotewritesblog.com/2022/08/04/fiber-arts-myster...
- smitty1e 3y ago> Knitting is a pretty recent invention, time-wise. The earliest knit objects we have are from Egypt around 1000 CE. This is an important point, and I don't mean to diminishing it. But there was quite obviously a huge analog calculator cottage industry, too. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antikythera_mechanism https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antikythera_mechanism Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.
- pfdietz 3y agoI'm sad they weren't icosahedrons; it would have been evidence for D&D in Roman times.