Joseph, the chronophone won’t transmit a literal description of a Rubik’s Cube any more than it will transmit a description of a printing press. But if you’ve ever mused over apparently trivial toys, you could talk about your own musings into the chronophone, and it would be translated appropriately on the other end. What appropriate “trivial toys” have you mused over?
Yes, I don’t think Joseph’s intention was to get Archimedes to understand a Rubix cube. I believe his intention was to get Archimedes to play with ‘trivial toys’ and so he thought talking about Rubix cubes might do the trick.
Joseph, the chronophone won’t transmit a literal description of a Rubik’s Cube any more than it will transmit a description of a printing press. But if you’ve ever mused over apparently trivial toys, you could talk about your own musings into the chronophone, and it would be translated appropriately on the other end. What appropriate “trivial toys” have you mused over?
Wasn’t Joseph already using the Rubik’s cube as an example of a trivial toy?
Yes, I don’t think Joseph’s intention was to get Archimedes to understand a Rubix cube. I believe his intention was to get Archimedes to play with ‘trivial toys’ and so he thought talking about Rubix cubes might do the trick.