alt Hacker NewsWhat is more sensational:
a, you can drill a hole and cut a 100 ton stone block with a chisel
b, you create a hole with a drill, you use some for of stone cutting technology that supports cutting 100 ton stone blocks?
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andrewflnr • yesterday at 6:25 PM
Neither of those is particularly sensational. What's your point?
It can be legitimately unclear. Relatively-advanced technology being available to early humans is remarkable. Likewise, achieving difficult tasks without the relatively-advanced technology is remarkable. Some prototypical examples of this:
- Incan stonework with stones 'perfectly' cut to fit without mortar -- did they have advanced tools to support that? Or just persistence?
- Greek fire -- is there some lost mechanism here? Or just the growth of legends?
- the pyramids (I think not so controversial among academics, but certainly in pop culture)