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Researchers say they've used cutting-edge gravitational wave research to shed new light on a nearly 2,000-year-old mystery. (futurism.com)
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[–] A_A@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Clickbait debunking :
1st : it's a mechanism / not a computer,
2nd : it has nothing to do with gravitational waves but rather with some mathematic that was use to study those waves, and
3rd : there is no mystery, just clickbait as usual.

[–] UnityDevice@startrek.website 1 points 4 months ago

it's a mechanism / not a computer,

It's an analog clockwork computer.

there is no mystery, just clickbait as usual.

There's plenty of mysteries about it, hence why it's still a topic of study despite being discovered 120 years ago.

[–] UnityDevice@startrek.website 4 points 4 months ago

Surprisingly, the inspiration for the paper came from a YouTuber who has been attempting to physically recreate the ancient mechanism.

I was just re-watching clickspring's videos about this yesterday.