Quote #190 Indeed, "brute Force" Solutions Are Often Characteristic Of Advanced Cultures, Not Primitive Ones.

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Quote #190

Indeed, "brute force" solutions are often characteristic of advanced
cultures, not primitive ones. The Romans and their predecessors spent a long
time figuring out how to build arches... and virtually all our buildings
today use post-and-lintel construction, precisely what the arch was devised
to replace. We have better materials and more money, and given that, arches
are usually not worth the extra complexity.

-- Henry Spencer

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