thomblake comments on How minimal is our intelligence? - Less Wrong

55 Post author: Douglas_Reay 25 November 2012 11:34PM

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Comment author: [deleted] 20 November 2012 07:35:50PM 5 points [-]

burning the libraries (of Alexandria

Whaaat? Did people do that on purpose? What the hell is wrong with my species?

Comment author: thomblake 20 November 2012 07:47:43PM 0 points [-]

That one was probably an accident. Caesar had to burn his own ships so the enemy couldn't keep him from using them, and the fire got out of control.