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> In other words, we can solve problems without any advanced math, or with no math at all, as evidenced by the fact that the agyptians were able to build the pyramids without even knowing Euclidian geometry.

Egyptians. Capital E regardless too.

Also, the Egyptians knew a fair amount of geometry:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_geometry

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_geometry

https://www.britannica.com/science/mathematics/Mathematics-i...



"...without even knowing Euclidian geometry."


What exactly about Euclidian geometry is it that the Egyptians needed to build the pyramids? Clearly nothing. My point is that this part of the text is just fluff. Engineers have been building shit without having a formal description of that shit for millennia.




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