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This is a nonsense (likely AI written) article. Go to the authors other posts and see they have written AI generated content tips
As far as I know, mostly from the rough outline in Jacob Bronowski's The Ascent Of Man, Galileo's lens was one "moment" of the rapidly evolving optical technology of his time. The Nimrud lens was much more ancient artifact, so ancient its purpose isn't clear. What qualifies as "echo" is unclear but I think a reasonable look at the renaissance period at least shows Galileo's lens wasn't the last of anything but a part of the rebirth and extension of technology.
Optical technology didn't stand still even in the ancient world - Archimedes is reputed to have lit the sails of roman ships on fire with a lens. While the story is considered apocraphyl, it is old enough to show that the properties of lenses were roughly understood from ancient times.
The only reference to Taş Tutak I can google is this article. Etc.
This text really triggers my AI "spidey senses" but naturally I can't say with certainty. It makes me think OpenAI might have right when they suppressed GPT-2 and wrong later. It presents the problem that refuting plausible bs takes vastly more time than creating now.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nimrud_lens
Optical technology didn't stand still even in the ancient world - Archimedes is reputed to have lit the sails of roman ships on fire with a lens. While the story is considered apocraphyl, it is old enough to show that the properties of lenses were roughly understood from ancient times.
The only reference to Taş Tutak I can google is this article. Etc.
This text really triggers my AI "spidey senses" but naturally I can't say with certainty. It makes me think OpenAI might have right when they suppressed GPT-2 and wrong later. It presents the problem that refuting plausible bs takes vastly more time than creating now.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nimrud_lens
How Galileo's telescope may echo ancient Anatolian stone-light-silence rituals, linking optics, acoustics, and cosmology from Göbeklitepe to early science.
It’s less about direct inheritance and more about how human cultures repeatedly align tools of perception with metaphysical frameworks.
Or, it's an exercise in historical pareidolia.