@TheLadyAugust@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world • 6 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-square182fedilinkarrow-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 • 6 months agomessage-square182fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarelemmy689linkfedilinkEnglish30•6 months agoBabylonian astronomy https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babylonian_astronomy
minus-square@DuckPuppet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink21•6 months agopretty interesting wiki page, is their 60 base math the reason we still have 60 base time?
minus-squareHyperrealitylinkfedilink30•edit-26 months agoBasically, yes. Time, angles, geographic coordinates.
minus-square@unreasonabro@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink4•6 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. ;)