For example, Britain’s national mapping organisation’s brand is associated in our national consciousness with going to a small shop in a quaint village to get a map showing how to walk up a mountain. It’s called Ordnance Survey. If that sounds like Artillery Research to you, that’s because the project started because the king wanted to know how to accurately bomb Scotland.

  • @spittingimage
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    115 hours ago

    putting leeches on people

    We still do that. Leeches are surprisingly useful when treating certain blood clots. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.

    • Lettuce eat lettuce
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      214 hours ago

      The difference is putting them on because you actually understand the problem you’re trying to treat lol.