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Re:The t-test was invented at the Guinness brewery by robertlagrant on Tuesday May 28, 2024 @05:49AM (#40499055)
In the case of Britain, it was the following (and more):

- be colonised by the Romans 2000 years ago

- spend the next 1000 years rediscovering and (eventually) surpassing the Romans' achievements

- invest heavily in education (when the Incas were building their monuments, most of Oxford University had already been constructed) and subsequently have 1000 years of cumulative effect of those investments

- be highly connected to Western Europe, with all the continual advancements shared between countries all trying to outdo each other

- be an island nation, with a seafaring tradition that was accelerated by all of the above to the point of being the best in the world

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Re:The t-test was invented at the Guinness brewery by ein0p on Tuesday May 28, 2024 @02:35PM (#40503959)
You missed the part when they shoot cannonballs through the chests of Indians for not paying enough taxes
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Re:The t-test was invented at the Guinness brewery by Jensson on Sunday June 02, 2024 @08:00PM (#40558117)
That happened after they got powerful. It is like the Mongol invasions of Europe and China, they didn't become powerful from those invasions those invasions happened since they were powerful.
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