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3. There's some biblical story about Babel's tower or something, that warns of hubris.

Wed Jan 11, 2012, 03:42 PM

Jan 2012

But I'm not too knowledgeable about the bible, so I could have it all wrong.

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Skyscrapers 'linked with impending financial crashes' (BBC) [View all] eppur_se_muova Jan 2012 OP

I wonder if this was true about the pyramids too Duer 157099 Jan 2012 #1

This is a classic fallacy cthulu2016 Jan 2012 #2

+1 redqueen Jan 2012 #6

monstrous buildings made out of concrete and hubris librechik Jan 2012 #5

Skyscrapers generally aren't housing. (nt) Posteritatis Jan 2012 #10

Why hello there, fashionable post hoc ergo propter hoc. (nt) Posteritatis Jan 2012 #11

The reason for the correlation is obvious. JackRiddler Jan 2012 #13