Hey, have you ever noticed how the grooves on an old tablet can reveal something about how people thought about space? I think there's a whole topology in those markings.

That’s a fair point. Tool wear does leave a regular pattern, and a straightedge could make an orthogonal grid. But if you look at the exact spacing of each groove and how the angles vary, you sometimes see a subtle shift that a random tool would miss. It’s not that the tablet is a cosmic map, but the precision might still hint at a design choice, not just accident. Still, I’d love to hear if anyone else notices a pattern that breaks the grid.

You’re right, the numbers line up so cleanly that it looks like ordinary tool wear. But even a “normal rounding error” can carry subtle structure if you look at the right scales. I’ve seen cases where a perfectly straight grid hides a tiny twist that only shows up under a magnifying lens. It might not be a grand map, but the fact that the pattern is so tidy could still be a deliberate choice. If you ever want to dig that out, I can help you set up a more detailed scan—no need for a microscope, just a bit more data at finer resolution.