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[–] [email protected] 72 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (6 children)

Pyramids are the easiest structure to build. You stack rocks. Want them to look nice, cut the rocks into bricks.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago (2 children)

And all you need is lots of money, lots of labor, and some clever engineers, which are all things the ancient Egyptians had in spades.

It's really not that hard.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well, it's very hard, it's just not impossible.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Well, yeah, which is why building them took decades.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

You don't really even need clever engineers unless you want some kind of internal structure (which the Egyptians did). Otherwise it's just a stack of rocks.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago (3 children)

fr where does he get the idea that a simple triangle can't be built with today's technology

[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 year ago

Same place he gets his COVID takes.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

It's like the guy hasn't learned about cranes and construction site elevators

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

It's like sending people to the moon. Can we do it? Yes. Do we have a reason to? No.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Even isolated mountains have frequently that shape. It's not like some guy came up with this crazy idea and told their engineer-like peers "Hey, hear me out, I have this crazy idea, are you ready? It's this never seen before structure, I call it the pyramid!".

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Instruction unclear accidentally calculated the number phi and the diameter of the earth and moon in relation to Eachother.

https://www.sacred-geometry.es/?q=en/content/phi-great-pyramid

Believe what you will, ancient ruines are impossible to measure accurately. Its an interesting rabbithole just how far the numbers stretch though.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

impossible to measure accurately

By some idiot hosting a conspiracy theorist website.

Actual physicists find it quite easy.

Distance of the Earth to the Moon? Easy as

Until the late 1950s all measurements of lunar distance were based on optical angular measurements: the earliest accurate measurement was by Hipparchus in the 2nd century BC.

Done with nothing the Egyptians didn’t have.

Oh btw once you work out the distance you can easily calculate Earths diameter.

Since you believe websites that look like the early 90’s shat them out I have some crypto to sell you, it was invented by the Lizard people in a joint venture with the Grey aliens.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not sure what you on about, i was just having a laugh. I picked a dodgy looking site on purpose so people wouldn’t get confused.

My statement that ruins are impossible to measure accurately was a dig at the expense of such theories. As they seem to pull out decimal numbers based on a layer of stones that aren't even there anymore.

For the record i do believe that there are real historical cases of mathematical knowledge hidden in works of art, which is what i meant with you can believe what you want. The nutcase theories do not present any substance that should make anyone believe anything other then they already did. Its just fun to deepdive.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

If you intended sarcasm in your comment it missed the mark, it’s really difficult to discern with people who actually believe that garbage.

Did people use, or even occasionally stumble upon, seemingly “complex” mathematics? Sure.

Letting anyone make unverified claims about the origins or meaning, or even the methods is dangerous and shows a lack of critical thinking.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Take that can do attitude to the zoning board and see what happens.