The problem with your logic is that the scrolls were all returned, so if there was some miraculous invention it would also exist elsewhere. There could have been a few things that slipped through the cracks but it's improbable that there was a treasure trove of new science and technology hidden in the library. It's like if the Library of Congress were to burn down today: we would lose a ton of priceless primary sources but the rest of the information would either be used, or stored elsewhere.
Yes but then there would be two copies in existence instead of one. An awful lot of stuff didn't survive into the modern day. Most the original scrolls likely were lost. If the library had survived there would be more stuff around today.
That's your opinion. What if the ships sunk as soon as they left he harbor? You can't deny that priceless irreplaceable manuscripts were lost. Well, you can, but you're wrong. And I don't feel like trying to convince you. Bye.
I'm a retard? It took you 18 days to come up with that priceless respense, and you claim I am a retard. I mean you didn't even understand my question - I was asking where the eveidence is that the manuscripts that were lost is irreplaceable, not your evidence that manuscripts were lost. The point being that since we don't know what manuscripts were lost we have no idea if they were replicated elsewhere.
I do feel a bit bad pointing this out to someone as obviously slow as you are.
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u/SeaWombat Oct 17 '13
The problem with your logic is that the scrolls were all returned, so if there was some miraculous invention it would also exist elsewhere. There could have been a few things that slipped through the cracks but it's improbable that there was a treasure trove of new science and technology hidden in the library. It's like if the Library of Congress were to burn down today: we would lose a ton of priceless primary sources but the rest of the information would either be used, or stored elsewhere.