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Pre BC? So like prehistoric copper???
Some think we are using copper that is so old it's from even before the pre-BC times.
Uh, isn't all of time the pre-BC times? How could you be before that?
Are you referring to the pre-before-pre-BC times? The post-BC times do not count as before that so not all of time is pre-BC.
But ultimately yes, that was the joke I was making.
There are thousands of years that happened before Christ that are part of history, or in other words, writing was in use for thousands of years before Christ.
Also, not sure what's so surprising about figuring out metallurgy before using writing.
Yes, but that is BC. What then is 'pre BC'?
“Pre BC” is pretty much redundant and makes no sense. There is no “before before christ”. BCE, BC, or Bronze Age would all have been correct.
You're right, I hadn't even noticed this. My brain corrected it as I was reading without me realizing.
So, "before before Christ". Like, even before the concept of before Christ. Which brings us before time. Before the universe itself.
Copper only appeared after the beginning of the universe...
The concept of "Before Christ" only arrived "After Christ".
One cannot have a concept of a negative who's positive has not yet been made known. The absence of Christ could not have been conceptualized before the presence of Christ.
Edit for clarity:
In other words, Pre-BC is still just BC because to be before the concept of BC one must only come before C.
That makes sense.