Bye ,

This is dumb, the tower of Pisa WAS straightened.

acockworkorange ,

To prevent it from falling. It's still leaning. And its exterior is the same as before.

Unless there's a risk to the pyramid, like erosion from the lack of granite cladding, I don't see why you'd change it.

Bye ,

Yes and they should have fixed it all the way in my opinion, but that would have been bad for tourism.

The granite was looted thousands of years ago, so the pyramid is long overdue for some maintenance.

I know archaeologists debate this, since many say that the pyramids have been known as ruins since antiquity, but it’s kind of weird to say “well it’s been that way forever and people like it, so let’s leave it”.

We have a very good understanding of how they were originally, and they would still be amazing if fixed. Just doing one of the smaller pyramids is a great way to dip our toes into restoration.

Like if you had an old rusty classic car in your front yard, and you and your neighbors thought it was cool looking to have it there. But if it were restored, people could really see its beauty, and it would last longer. Both are valid things to do; I just happen to think that the restored car is better.

intensely_human ,

well it’s been that way forever and people like it, so let’s leave it”.

It’s not that weird. If you can have a state of affairs people like with zero effort, in a sense you’ve tapped into infinite utility.

NOSin ,

So you think we would wait until there is a big and dangerous problem and it gets much more complicated to tackle it ?

Not sure about that one.

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