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Like back in the day when the Romans would have the engineer stand underneath the bridge while it was tested.
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Survivorship bias.
All the shit they made that didn’t last fell apart in 20 years, so it’s not around anymore for us to gawk at.
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Drive a single 18-Wheeler (hundreds in a day, whatever) over any ancient road or bridge you’re thinking of and you’ll see how false this statement is.
Sounds good, the finance, political and oil industries should adopt this practice too. Stock market crash - wall street culling time! 🥳
That sounds interesting, I did a quick search and couldn’t find any good sources for it. Do you mind linking yours?
It’s actually a common misconception. Here’s a good article which debunks that. TLDR there’s no true historical evidence that this ever happened.