TheLadyAugust@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 10 months 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-squaremessage-square183fedilinkarrow-up1314arrow-down111file-text
arrow-up1303arrow-down1message-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?TheLadyAugust@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 10 months agomessage-square183fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarelemmy689@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34arrow-down4·10 months agoBabylonian astronomy https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babylonian_astronomy
minus-squareDuckPuppet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up21·10 months agopretty interesting wiki page, is their 60 base math the reason we still have 60 base time?
minus-squareHyperreality@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up30·edit-210 months agoBasically, yes. Time, angles, geographic coordinates.
minus-squareunreasonabro@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·10 months 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. ;)