I hated geometry in high school... Ancient Babylonians 'first to use geometry' 29 Jan.`16 | Sophisticated geometry - the branch of mathematics that deals with shapes - was being used at least 1,400 years earlier than previously thought, a study suggests.
It is clear the tools used were very fine, as we can hardly see the inscriptions. this means they thought of this incorrectly, as the materials used were rough, maybe to endure time - could we have another nostradamus of a different mold? Anyway, if we were observe that the message is supposed to be about jupiter, it is obvious they were trying to use this to justify themselves in their actions. if they were to just look at jupiter and take notes, as they were most likely monotheists, and, this means they were not doing it for religious reasons, it was simply star gazing, yes? Now, if we were to observe that jupiter is not in the 'pantheon of the bible,' never being mentioned, i have to ask what they were doing, of course? if they were trying to predict things, like i suggested, then there is a case. but, the planets realign every day, so what does this particular piece of rock do for us? Mathematically, the inscriptions were about the future or a testimony of the past, based on logistics. if they were measuring the journey of jupiter in the night's sky, they could measure for acceleration or something only if they could get close enough to see this. this means, today we could judge the flight of jupiter compared to the previous recorded flight of jupiter, to look for acceleration or something. I really don't see what this has to do with maths.
