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Nobody discards "old" science discoveries, any more than they discard the "old" inventions of steel, or indeed the wheel, they build upon them. Re-visiting pre
by pcrh 12y ago
Nobody discards "old" science discoveries, any more than they discard the "old" inventions of steel, or indeed the wheel, they build upon them.
Re-visiting previous studies with newer approaches is a common theme in archaeology, where sites or artifacts are sometimes incompletely investigated on purpose, with the view to leaving undisturbed material that can be investigated in the future using technology not yet conceived of.
- logicallee 12y agoI hope this doesn't make me sound like a hipster, but I can't remember the last time I saw a wheel.
- JetSpiegel 12y agoHow did you scroll this page?
- esrauch 12y agoTouchpad?
- pedrosorio 12y agoTouchpad/touchscreen swipe?
- rflrob 12y agoHow did you get to work today? Even if you walked, are there really no vehicles along the road?
- logicallee 12y agoSo, I was actually making a joke :)