Comment Ora et ignora. (Score 1) 178
Priorities do indeed change over time! The monks of the Middle Ages are credited by history books to have "preserved" the classical texts of ancient Greece and Rome- classical drama and mythology, history poetry and all that other garbage that I couldn't personally give a flying
you-know-what about. So, let's see, mathematical texts didn't make it on the list of things to preserve?! Who the f#!k made that decision? Or was this particular monk just ignorant? It didn't occur to him that "Hey! This thing is antique and it's written in Greek. Maybe it's...important?"
Oh no! "Let's just go ahead and write our flaming little bullshit prayerbook and waste somebody else's work!"
I hope that scroungy little e-wok died of the plague...and the rest of his monastery too!
Die!
you-know-what about. So, let's see, mathematical texts didn't make it on the list of things to preserve?! Who the f#!k made that decision? Or was this particular monk just ignorant? It didn't occur to him that "Hey! This thing is antique and it's written in Greek. Maybe it's...important?"
Oh no! "Let's just go ahead and write our flaming little bullshit prayerbook and waste somebody else's work!"
I hope that scroungy little e-wok died of the plague...and the rest of his monastery too!
Die!
