06-10-2012, 07:58 AM
[quote='Erthona' pid='97466' dateline='1339275956']
A poem for manli 'ed!
I like a nice culotte,
Dale,
The Sumerians were a clever lot. It is probably not altogether surprising that they chose the science of Astronomy to study, since they had clear view of the night sky. But they were on my side --early scientists, notwithstanding that Bacon had not yet laid down his formula for method.
Base 12 still lingers: 144= a gross. In many ways, it is superior to our decimal system, as you can divide by 2,3,4&6. A tray of oysters is a dozen.
I am rather ignorant of these things, but I would see Einstein as one of a galaxy of mathematicians and thinkers of that era.
I do wonder whether the world has not really been constructed by a mere trickle of people down the ages, in all areas of activity, so that this handful make true breakthroughs,, while the rest just tidy up, or improve and polish. The Ancients had their share of these: and although I wonder at their achievements, it is probably understandable, once one recalls that people have not evolved in the last few thousand years, so they would also have had the intellects of you or me, and maybe Einstein. They just lacked basic knowledge, and tools.
A poem for manli 'ed!
I like a nice culotte,
Dale,
The Sumerians were a clever lot. It is probably not altogether surprising that they chose the science of Astronomy to study, since they had clear view of the night sky. But they were on my side --early scientists, notwithstanding that Bacon had not yet laid down his formula for method.
Base 12 still lingers: 144= a gross. In many ways, it is superior to our decimal system, as you can divide by 2,3,4&6. A tray of oysters is a dozen.
I am rather ignorant of these things, but I would see Einstein as one of a galaxy of mathematicians and thinkers of that era.
I do wonder whether the world has not really been constructed by a mere trickle of people down the ages, in all areas of activity, so that this handful make true breakthroughs,, while the rest just tidy up, or improve and polish. The Ancients had their share of these: and although I wonder at their achievements, it is probably understandable, once one recalls that people have not evolved in the last few thousand years, so they would also have had the intellects of you or me, and maybe Einstein. They just lacked basic knowledge, and tools.