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anybody catch the show on the history channel last night about the architectural wonders of anceint Greece? I only saw part of it but it was talking about the 3500 foot tunnel dug through one of the mountians. They started digging from both sides with the intention of meeting in the middle, they did, with only a variance of 28 inches. They said that was only 0.8% off its target. I dont think they could have done much better today.
I didn't get to see it but it sounds like it would have been interesting to watch. I know that the Greeks also calculated the circumference of the Earth, I think by measuring the distance between two points and then taking the and change in slope over that span. It would have been interesting to live back then and to experience the kind of attitude that they must have possessed….that the world is rational and knowable, and that humans can master it.
