• KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    2 hours ago

    i would really appreciate it if a stats/math nerd would put together a short piece on how "statistically it only makes sense if the Egyptians built a pyramid, this is the most logical and likely outcome"

    i feel like you could argue that statistically, shapes that are to be built by humans, will inevitably approach the shape of a pyramid.

    • fossilesque@mander.xyz
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      2 hours ago

      Take a handful of sand. Turn your first perpendicular to the ground and let it fall slowly. What shape does it form? It's one of the most stable shapes you can make.

  • happybadger [he/him]
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    6 hours ago

    I refuse to believe medieval people could build cathedrals. They lacked modern tools for such precise masonry and glasswork.

  • ZoomeristLeninist [comrade/them, she/her]
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    7 hours ago

    i got into an argument on tiktok with someone who insisted that no ancient civilization could build the pyramids. i asked them if they knew what tools were and they clapped back with "what tools did they have back then?" mf never heard of simple machines

    • Belly_Beanis [he/him]
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      53 minutes ago

      There's some guy on YouTube who was showing how to lift boulders and logs by himself using only simple levers and inclines. It's been a while since I watched it, but if I remember right he moves a rock the size of a car 100 yards and lifts it a few feet into the air.

      He does this with tree branches, rope, and scrap wood lol