I think the lever here is a stand-in for mechanical advantage. I don’t believe anyone is seriously proposing they lifted the blocks with a very long stick.
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jol@discuss.tchncs.de 6 months ago
Actually I was listening to a podcast that explains this. They didn’t have levers yet. They did have other devices but no lever.
nohaybanda@hexbear.net 6 months ago
intensely_human@lemm.ee 6 months ago
But the length of the stick is what’s required for the lever, unless they used some kind of gearbox.
hakunawazo@lemmy.world 6 months ago
GreenTeaRedFlag@hexbear.net 6 months ago
you can’t just not have levers.
intensely_human@lemm.ee 6 months ago
It was before levers
jol@discuss.tchncs.de 6 months ago
Lol of course you can. They were invented at one point. And before that point… You didn’t have them. I recommend: Let’s Learn Everything episode 49: Goosebumps, (Not) Alien Pyramids, and Nessie & Cryptids.
Podcast webpage: www.LetsLearnEverythingPod.com