gwern comments on Open Thread: October 2009 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: gwern 20 December 2009 03:55:28AM 0 points [-]

I think they could. Remember the Antikythera mechanism's high quality of fabrication. And fine metal wire was useful for jewelry and art: