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Another Mysterious Roman Dodecahedron Has Been Unearthed in England (www.smithsonianmag.com)

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[–] [email protected] 50 points 10 months ago (2 children)

There's not a scientific consensus on that. It's a good theory, but stating it as an accepted fact is inaccurate.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 10 months ago

"It's been solved basically"

Almost always translates to "This is the theory I like most so it's the answer I'll run with."

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I feel like the point isn't that it MUST have been used for knitting (even if it could have been), but that we should be open to more possibilities before defaulting to a religious explanation.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Knitting is religious?