Comment on we love those power laws

• Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  There was never a time when iron was used in a major way until they figured out how to make steel. So technically it was always the steel age, not the iron age.

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• Zorque@kbin.social ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Steel, I believe, needs much higher temperatures and purified inputs.

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  • Maggoty@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    And?

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    • Zorque@kbin.social ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      ... and steel was brought up.

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      • Maggoty@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        But not in the context of a comparison with bronze. Nobody made the claim that Bronze was as strong as Steel.

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