@[email protected]cake to Ask [email protected] • 2 years agoAncient wisdom often sounds like common sense now that it is commomly taught. What is some ancient wisdom that we no longer teach because it was wrong?message-square179fedilinkarrow-up1310
arrow-up1310message-squareAncient wisdom often sounds like common sense now that it is commomly taught. What is some ancient wisdom that we no longer teach because it was wrong?@[email protected]cake to Ask [email protected] • 2 years agomessage-square179fedilink
minus-squareLEM 1689linkfedilinkEnglish34•2 years agoBabylonian astronomy https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babylonian_astronomy
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink20•2 years agopretty interesting wiki page, is their 60 base math the reason we still have 60 base time?
minus-squareHyperrealitylinkfedilink29•edit-22 years agoBasically, yes. Time, angles, geographic coordinates.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•2 years agoround things! time being a flat circle, obviously. ;)
Babylonian astronomy
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babylonian_astronomy
pretty interesting wiki page, is their 60 base math the reason we still have 60 base time?
Basically, yes. Time, angles, geographic coordinates.
round things! time being a flat circle, obviously. ;)