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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
And literal DECADES in which to get it done.
The idea that humans couldn't have built things on that scale is just nutty to me. Of course they could've. The only thing I find particularly impressive is the precision.
But then you look at how Eratosthenes managed to calculate the circumference of the earth within about 100 miles using nothing more than a couple of shadows, a well and some AP Geography level math and you realize that these ****ers were smart.
And they didn't have a lot to do. There weren't doing a lot of doom scrolling to fritter their days away.
Human history is pretty long and there were a whole lot of really bright people mixed in with all the stupid that came along the way. Yeah, they absolutely could've made these calculations and oftentimes did to levels of certainty that are on par with what we're capable of with modern technology.
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I saw a clip from some stupid Ancient Aliens type show as I was flipping through the channels. I heard the narrator say, "How did these ancient civilizations of the Ganges construct such impressive structures without an understanding of advanced mathematics and engineering?"
Uhh... they used advanced mathematics and engineering. In fact, they probably invented/developed several of the concepts independently.