[ExI] Gender-Neutral Side Note

[spike at rainier66.com]

> On Behalf Of BillK via extropy-chat

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> I wouldn’t be surprised if he underestimated it in the sales literature to sell stock and get funding.  That kinda stuff still happens to this day.... spike
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>...Following Ben's AI suggestion, I asked Kimi K2 AI - "Did Columbus mistake the distance of his voyage to India or were there other reasons to justify the venture?"
The answer agrees with Spike that Columbus knew very well what he was doing.
Full story at this link
<https://www.kimi.com/share/19a63935-0d72-84f7-8000-0000ba2194fd>
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BillK

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 By the 1490s, they had good navigation equipment and could measure down to sub-degrees accurately.  A good sailor knew he needed to sail all day north or south to go one degree.  Columbus likely figured it was a risk, but that's what people did back in those days: take chances for fame and fortune.  The alternative was go to war, which was pointless.  Sailing into the unknown  has its advantages: you don't know what is on the other side of that big sea.  Given those circumstances you and I might do the same.

spike