G+_George Kozi Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 We tend to assume that there is something linear about human development... from the primitive dumb , to clever us. But things are never that simple. Things can be lost, or made first inaccessible, then forgotten about. The Romans had concrete, they built with it... and central heating... and public sanitation... and... just look at that thing in the picture. Originally shared by David Fuchs "X-rays and advanced photography have uncovered the true complexity of the mysterious Antikythera mechanism, a device so astonishing that its discovery is like finding a functional Buick in medieval Europe." http://io9.com/advanced-imaging-reveals-a-computer-1-500-years-ahead-o-1492104535 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antikythera_mechanism Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Eric Nay Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Fascinating. Makes you weep for all the centuries of lost potential. We could be reading this in orbit around another star, if we wern't a bunch of buffoons... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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