Hate it when this happens

a month ago by cm0002 to c/memes

Sibshops 51 points a month ago

I feel like we grossly underestimate the intelligence of our ancestors.

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threeonefour 34 points a month ago

Tibees has a video about the Rhind mathematical papyrus, a writing of math problems used for educating Egyptian scribes from 1650 BCE.

It describes finding volumes for cylinders using a formula similar to the modern one but with 256/81 (~= 3.16) as the stand-in for π.

It also has questions on finding concentration of valuable ingredients in finished product. 100L of beer made from 1kg of grain has a lower concentration of grain in the final product than 50L of beer made from the same amount. If you add water to the 50L of beer, it's value would change and scribes would be expected to calculate the exact change in value.

Just like there's a large overlap between the smartest bears and the dumbest humans, there's an overlap between the smartest ancient people and dumbest people today.

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bampop 18 points 25 days ago

256/81 (~= 3.16) as the stand-in for π.

Interesting choice, it suggests they didn't have any way to verify the accuracy of that approximation, since 22/7 is way closer, but (4/3)^4 is really cute and elegant.

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untorquer 16 points 25 days ago

Also the volume of the sphere is then (4/3)^5 r^3 so i wonder if it had something to do with trying to unify that

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bampop 12 points 25 days ago

That's so neat, we should resurrect the Indiana Pi Bill with this value!

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bampop 28 points 25 days ago

They had the same intelligence as us. What they didn't have is the same education. That's how important education is.

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cro_magnon_gilf 1 point 24 days ago

The first ones to crack a nut with a stone definitely did not have the same intelligence as us. That was (likely) 2+millions of years ago, and they were not "human".

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OpenStars 17 points a month ago

They were pretty much as smart as we are - many of them more so than many of us today.

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arctanthrope 16 points 25 days ago

what's even crazier to think about is that there were likely several thousands of years where our ancestors were about as cognitively evolved as we are now, with language and society and culture, and simultaneously living alongside other now-extinct hominin species, like neanderthals and denisovans, who were likely similarly cognitively capable. makes me wonder if stories were still have from mythology about elves or dwarves or fae are cultural remnants of a time when we actually did live alongside not-quite-human sapient creatures

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OpenStars 6 points 25 days ago

The Neanderthals even had music! And larger brains than sapiens, iirc. We were more brutish and savage hence won out in the end. The TV series Sense8 explores and popularizes some of what you are saying.

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wopalopa 6 points a month ago

there not as book smart as we are but a lot def more street smart than most of us today. different generation different kind of knowledge but same hardware

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OpenStars 4 points a month ago

Well said.

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JustPlainDave 3 points 25 days ago

For example, I think it's the Chaco Canyon civilization that managed to perfect the math necessary to track the stars, moon, and sun, but as far as we know had no system of writing. Which means they were just memorizing that shit.

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Lumisal 4 points 25 days ago

People underestimate what the human mind is capable of when INCREDIBLY bored.

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Axolotl_cpp 1 point 24 days ago

Yeah, they were as smart as us it's just that they had less knowledge, homo sapiens are called like that not because they are smart but because they share knowledge with the future generations

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sad_detective_man 26 points a month ago

So it was that asshole's fault

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SourDragon 15 points 25 days ago

I don't blame them. I blame that one particular fish that got a little too curious about what lies beyond the water.

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cRazi_man 6 points 25 days ago

This is why I love whales. They came out of the water, saw what life was like and said "nope, back to the water".

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Almacca 11 points 25 days ago

Technology is basically crushed up rocks made into shapes.

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the_q 8 points a month ago

I genuinely struggle with how humanity got to where it is. I sometimes question whether aliens are actually real because we're too stupid to be this advanced.

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ladicius 12 points a month ago

We are the aliens. We took over the planet, destroyed it and will soon be gone. Classic hard sci fi trope.

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Semi_Hemi_Demigod 1 point a month ago

We’re both that advanced.

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Colloidal 8 points 25 days ago

Post-nut clarity.

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Tylerdurdon 6 points a month ago

This is inaccurate. We got here because of women. If men didn't need to impress women to get nookie, they would have never left the trees.

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FlihpFlorp 5 points a month ago

So what I’m hearing is fleshlights were too little too late

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IhaveCrabs111 5 points 25 days ago

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Tylerdurdon 3 points a month ago

They are like the wheel, but you put your penis in them.

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schmorpel 4 points 25 days ago

Instructions unclear, penis mangled in spokes

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Rubanski 2 points 24 days ago

The cylinder must remain unharmed

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samus12345 5 points 24 days ago

develops ability to predict where deer will be later and remember which berries are poisonous

accidentally has side effect of being able to conceptualize the nature of existence

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meathorse 2 points 24 days ago

Geez is that Grok's prolapsed anus in the third pic?

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SethTaylor 1 point 24 days ago

Wanted to use a hammer

Accidentally became the sharpest tool in the shed

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