• randy@lemmy.ca
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    3 months ago

    Relevant XKCD. Humans have always been able to lie. Having a single form of irrefutable proof is the historical exception, not the rule.

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      3 months ago

      Regarding that last panel, why would multiple people go through the trouble of carving lies about Ea-Nasir’s shitty copper? And even if they did, why would he keep them? No, his copper definitely sucked.

      • Omniraptor@lemm.ee
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        3 months ago

        The obvious conjecture is that they were trying to commit fraud and get free copper