Kasparov also felt it illogical that the Romans and the Greeks living under the banner of Byzantium could fail to use the mounds of scientific knowledge left them by Ancient Greece and Rome, especially when it was of urgent military use.

reddit-logo brain and "dae le science progress bar" freeze-gamer beliefs. Not even once.

[–] zed_proclaimer@hexbear.net 17 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This guy played too much Civ

[–] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 16 points 2 years ago

Many such cases; a whole lot of my-hero 's culty fandom is freeze-gamer that believe that landing a publicly-funded private bazinga rocket on Mars is some sort of "science victory" that makes humanity's credits roll and waves hands wildly wins the game somehow and that nothing matters except that performative moment.

[–] privatized_sun@hexbear.net 15 points 2 years ago

fail to use the mounds of scientific knowledge left them

says the guy still posting liberalism 200 years after Marx's scientific sociology

[–] VILenin@hexbear.net 3 points 2 years ago

Vibes-based historical analysis