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[–] [email protected] 147 points 10 months ago (23 children)

For some reason people seem to think they’re fundamentally smarter than people were back then.

Yeah, you may have technically had a better education, but you’re not inherently more intelligent than the average person back then, and a genius from that time is still miles ahead of you.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

I probably didn't have as good an education as the highest educated classes in most ancient Egyptian dynasties.

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