archiving as opposed to backing up

[David V. Corbin]

>>> 
>>> Over 2000 years ago, the ancient Romans & Greeks *knew* the 
>>> Earth was round 
>>> and orbited the sun. However, it seems all references to 
>>> that knowledge was 
>>> unavailable by the 1st millennium, when people once again 
>>> thought the world 
>>> was flat, and stayed that way for over 500 years. Had they 
>>> access to the 
>>> Roman and Greek libraries (assuming they existed, but I'd 
>>> bet they kept 
>>> their written documents somewhere) who knows what tech. 
>>> advances (or wars 
>>> averted) would have been possible.
>>> 

Or wars caused, or techonologies NOT invented because what they found was
"good enough".

Be careful of "what if" analysis.......