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Originally Posted by Yahwe
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That's a pretty interesting line of research.
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Originally Posted by Yahwe
plus ancient solutions may not work in a modern setting
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Well, there's no great evidence that it was ever the case beyond your line of reasoning so to say it was an "ancient solution".
There may be an aspect of this involved in the historical decision, certainly; either way "not working" generally hasn't stopped people doing things before.