r/interestingasfuck 22d ago

The actual Antikythera mechanism

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u/poolradar 22d ago

You are out of your mind then. That is like finding an iPhone sitting next to the very first Vacuum Tubes and thinking Yep these two things were made at the same time.

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u/fltrthr 22d ago

They can tell how old is is based on the style of astronomical measurements and motions used, among other things.

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u/poolradar 22d ago

And I am saying that measurement is obviously flawed. If you think about it for a few minutes it makes zero sense for this thing to have been created at the same time as the wheel. This is a huge leap in technology for that era. It just does not fit therefore the process to date it is flawed.

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u/fltrthr 22d ago

You clearly have very little grasp on history, because the wheel predates this by about 2000 years.