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From: The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid>
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Subject: Re: The joy of actual numbers, was Democracy
Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2024 13:41:42 +0000
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On 03/11/2024 19:49, Peter Flass wrote:
> I’ve never understood why native Americans didn’t use the wheel. 

You kinda need a road to go with it.

> Maybe the
> Incas, because mountain trackways aren’t to conducive to wheeled traffic,
> but besides Chaco the Mayans and the Amazonian civilization had roads with
> no wheels. I also don’t understand why there was no American bronze age
> when they certainly used metals, including copper.

The chinese would kill inventors who threatened the need for people to 
do the work.

-- 
Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's 
too dark to read.

Groucho Marx