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The Famous Antikythera Mechanism Was a Mechanical Disaster, New Research Suggests (gizmodo.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by Obelix to c/history@lemmy.world

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[–] sun_is_ra@sh.itjust.works 32 points 2 weeks ago

The article doesn't suggest that, quiet the opposite

The researchers add that, though possible, it is unlikely that someone would intentionally build such an unusable device. As such, they suggest that Edmunds’ analyses might have been skewed by the highly corroded nature of the artifact, while emphasizing that their own results should be interpreted with caution, given the speculative nature of the study.