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If you could go back in time to observe a moment, what moment would you pick and why? (lazysoci.al)
submitted 6 days ago by CheeseToastie@lazysoci.al to c/ask@lemm.ee
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I'd choose a big medieval battle like Agincourt or something. Medieval times interests me, and I'd like to see the long bows in action. Might pick a battle with Trebuchets though cos they're cool

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[–] ZDL@ttrpg.network 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Polymath just means "knows a lot of subjects". (It was easier to be a polymath back in ancient times.) Zhuge Liang was a philosopher, a general, a skilled warrior, a poet, an inventor, a ...

[–] CheeseToastie@lazysoci.al 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Blimey... how inferior I feel.

[–] ZDL@ttrpg.network 3 points 5 days ago

Don't. You likely personally know more than the greatest polymath of the third century CE in any nation. There was just less to know.