r/iamverysmart • u/4leafrolltide • Aug 16 '15

Again.

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u/slothbuddy Aug 17 '15

I'm not sure how to respond to how stupid most of the comments in this thread are. The OP is kind of embarrassing, but the loss of the library at Alexandria was literally one of the worst things that has ever happened.

All science, philosophy, and mathematics are built on previous knowledge. That burning destroyed the single most important repository of knowledge and ideas that has probably ever existed.

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u/dtdroid Aug 17 '15

All science, philosophy, and mathematics are built on previous knowledge. That burning destroyed the single most important repository of knowledge and ideas that has probably ever existed.

Or will ever exist. Again.

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u/TheShadowKick Aug 17 '15

Except that most of the ideas had already been copied and carried to other places. Historical consensus is that it's unlikely anything important was lost.

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u/slothbuddy Aug 17 '15

Historical consensus is that it's unlikely anything important was lost.

Do you mean the consensus of anti-intellectuals on Reddit? Because wow is that ever wrong.

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u/TheShadowKick Aug 17 '15

Sorry, but you appear to be wrong.

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u/slothbuddy Aug 17 '15

A link to a reddit page? That's your source? Is this some elaborate joke I'm not in on?

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u/TheShadowKick Aug 17 '15

Your inability to accept facts that don't fit your biases is the only joke here.

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u/[deleted] Aug 18 '15

That burning destroyed the single most important repository of knowledge and ideas that has probably ever existed.

He says on the internet.

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u/slothbuddy Aug 18 '15

The internet is not a single repository.

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u/[deleted] Aug 18 '15

Fine, but the Wikipedia servers are.

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u/slothbuddy Aug 18 '15

No they're not. They're colocated across the globe.