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Topic	If Library of Alexandria wasn't destroyed, how much more might we have advanced?
wah_wah_wah 09/03/17 2:18:25 PM #48:	Dathrowed1 posted... wah_wah_wah posted... The fact that it was destroyed at all suggests no one at the time put much value in that knowledge anyway. Not true. You would like to see it as this catastrophic out-of-nowhere event that didn't happen in any context of an era that disregarded knowledge because it then justifies your own ignorance. If anything the destruction of that library should have taught, it is that reservoirs of knowledge are fleeting, so learn as much as you can from them while they are still with us. <cite>wah_wah_wah posted [p:885952788] in If Library... [t:75736319]...</cite> <quote><cite>Dathrowed1 posted...</cite> <quote><cite>wah_wah_wah posted...</cite> <quote>The fact that it was destroyed at all suggests no one at the time put much value in that knowledge anyway.</quote> Not true.</quote> You would like to see it as this catastrophic out-of-nowhere event that didn't happen in any context of an era that disregarded knowledge because it then justifies your own ignorance. If anything the destruction of that library should have taught, it is that reservoirs of knowledge are fleeting, so learn as much as you can from them while they are still with us.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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