Who gives a shithttps://twitter.com/johnpauldickson/status/1278997229068406789 …
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I could learn those things if I wanted, but I haven't because I have no interest and it's of no benefit to me That makes me the smart one
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They still died young from cholera or something like it
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He also weaselworded with 'student' which might as well as have said 'children of nobility' but yes also your point is far more salient.pic.twitter.com/dIzrCdPbCq
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I mean like in that era, even the nobilities typical education would have finished up around their mid teens, right? With craftsmen/merchant types probably finishing up any apprenticeships at the same age?
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Yeah, whatever. They knew a lot of Greek, I know a lot about Game of Thrones.
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There are a lot of more important things that they knew that I don't, like, idk, agriculture? But it's not important to me, it was important to them.
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I always like "they could speak multiple languages" because, yeah, probably. So can most Europeans. Also, a good portion of Europe could fit inside my state. Even if I learn a second language, I'd almost never get to use it.
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Still trying to figure out how they could know half the mathematics the average high school senior knows today when calculus, complex numbers, fractals, and logs hadn't even been discovered yet.
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