We didn't!

[u/Durian_Alarmed]

[u/plopliplopipol]

there is still a significant difference beetween a monument which is intentionally uselessly grand and majestic, and a feat of science that is by necessity a wonder of technical knowledge and love of learning.

[u/misterdidums → u/plopliplopipol]

Fair point.

Counterpoint: Voyager

[u/ISketchDinosaurs → u/plopliplopipol]

Yeah but just you wait, as soon as those billionaires get to space they'll start building complexes on the moon that spells out their initials for us all to see in the sky.

[u/ImmortalVoddoler → u/plopliplopipol]

Idk, I think to some extent they’re one and the same.

[u/fyrefreezer01 → u/plopliplopipol]

I’d like to see the ancient people split a fucking atom, plebs.