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I wonder how many otherwise intelligent people died reinventing the wheel before before they were able to do it from the safety of civilization.
by saraid216 14y ago
I wonder how many otherwise intelligent people died reinventing the wheel before before they were able to do it from the safety of civilization.
- nicholassmith 14y agoPossibly thousands, with the propensity of wheels for exploding. In a more serious note that's the benefit of living in our civilisation, we can experiment and do what we want to even if it has no measurable long term or commercial benefit. Or if someone got there first, why not have a go, could pay off (for example, SpaceX had a go)