• @Olgratin_Magmatoe
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    104 hours ago

    I’m too lazy and incompetent at statistics to do the math, but survivorship bias is very much relevant here.

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivorship_bias

    Turns out, if you build something that isn’t a bunch of stones in an organized stack, it won’t last thousands of years like the organized stone stacks.

    • KillingTimeItself
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      33 hours ago

      this is true, regardless, i’m still sure it’s somewhat relevant. human societies have built a lot of large structures, but the pyramids are some of the largest ever.