It's so easy how is everyone so stupid. I'd invent the train afterward and drive around everyone saying "you're so fucking stupid I'm not even good at this and I did it".

  • happybadger [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    Tool precision and material science can’t simply be thought up or replicated from scratch.

    I could literally invent the metric system in my head right now. It's ten smaller. There you go ancient world I did that one for free.

    • Ryaina [she/her]
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      4 years ago

      So, I feel like perhaps this is a bit but...

      that's not how this works. invent an accurate set of gauge blocks, a micromitor, or even a "simple" weight scale and we'll talk.

      • happybadger [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        That would take me a week tops if it doesn't require maths. It took humanity how long?

        • Ryaina [she/her]
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          4 years ago

          no, it would likely take you a lifetime of iteration. It doesn't matter if you know the maths to calculate what you need unless you can reliably build and measure things intricate itmes are nigh impossible.

          • happybadger [he/him]
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            4 years ago

            I wouldn't even need those things unless I wanted to invent rockets or something. Those are crutches used by guys who didn't get it until centuries after I would have.