• jol@discuss.tchncs.de
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    10 months ago

    Actually I was listening to a podcast that explains this. They didn't have levers yet. They did have other devices but no lever.

    • nohaybanda [he/him]
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      10 months ago

      I think the lever here is a stand-in for mechanical advantage. I don't believe anyone is seriously proposing they lifted the blocks with a very long stick.

      • jol@discuss.tchncs.de
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        10 months ago

        Lol of course you can. They were invented at one point. And before that point... You didn't have them. I recommend: Let's Learn Everything episode 49: Goosebumps, (Not) Alien Pyramids, and Nessie & Cryptids.

        Podcast webpage: https://www.LetsLearnEverythingPod.com