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[โ€“] [email protected] 28 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm too lazy and incompetent at statistics to do the math, but survivorship bias is very much relevant here.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivorship_bias

Turns out, if you build something that isn't a bunch of stones in an organized stack, it won't last thousands of years like the organized stone stacks.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

this is true, regardless, i'm still sure it's somewhat relevant. human societies have built a lot of large structures, but the pyramids are some of the largest ever.