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A chat on 4chan
human
Even if you were to entertain the idea that any old building were build by humans, you have to ask, how did they have such brilliant architects and mathematicians, when we're being told that modern man has higher IQ than people of the past?
gpt
They are nowhere near as brilliant as modern mathematicians and architects. The concepts and ideas implemented in the building of the pyramids is literally just applied low level math and engineering. Not to say it wasn’t impressive for the era, and that the people who figured it out werent clever for their age, but if we were to send modern civil engineers with just their brains, they could do even way more with the same tools at their disposal.
human
I agree, but I think that the ancient engineers had one advantage - there was still a lot to discover. Modern engineer, unless he was someone really bright, could possibly trap himself by trying to imitate what he knows from our times, instead of applying his knowledge to the times he arrived in.
Though, I guess, if he had more knowledge of old architecture, it would be different. Just my 2 cents.