Hah jokes on you, they were trying to make it slightly oval.
Hah jokes on you, they were trying to make it slightly oval.
This makes a great follow up to Randall Carlson’s talk on Hidden Mathematics.
The idea that this ancient vase—and many others like it—was made with hand tools is laughably stupid. It almost certainly required a computer (a Turing machine). The machine technology required to manufacture a granite object to this level of precision might even be beyond what we have today.
It could have had a practical purpose, but the sophisticated mathematics of the design alone make it a marvel.
This makes a great follow up to Randall Carlson’s talk on [Hidden Mathematics](https://poal.co/s/History/640938).
The idea that this ancient vase—and many others like it—was made with hand tools is laughably stupid. It almost certainly required a computer (a Turing machine). The machine technology required to manufacture a granite object to this level of precision might even be beyond what we have today.
It could have had a practical purpose, but the sophisticated mathematics of the design alone make it a marvel.
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