TheLadyAugust@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 11 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-square178fedilinkarrow-up1310arrow-down111file-text
arrow-up1299arrow-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 · 11 months agomessage-square178fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarelemmy689@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33arrow-down4·11 months agoBabylonian astronomy https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babylonian_astronomy
minus-squareDuckPuppet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up20·11 months agopretty interesting wiki page, is their 60 base math the reason we still have 60 base time?
minus-squareHyperreality@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up28·edit-211 months agoBasically, yes. Time, angles, geographic coordinates.
minus-squareunreasonabro@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·11 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. ;)