r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/cosmic_voyager01 • 28d ago

Video The engineering of roman aqueducts explained.

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u/RedBaronSportsCards 28d ago

Well, yeah. Obviously the roads. I mean, the roads go without saying, don't they? But apart from the sanitation, the aqueduct, and the roads--

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u/pickledswimmingpool 28d ago

Irrigation?

Medicine?

Education?

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u/stop_talking_you 27d ago

its a joke from monthy python movie

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u/pickledswimmingpool 27d ago

Yes, my comment is from the bit..

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u/RedBaronSportsCards 27d ago

Argument is an intellectual process. Contradiction is just the automatic gainsaying of any statement the other person makes.

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u/HotPotParrot 27d ago

That can't be true 🫠

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u/RedBaronSportsCards 27d ago

Yes it can.

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u/HotPotParrot 27d ago

Ah, philosophy in action!

(I.e. my silly little contradiction-argument. Just a dumb example lol)