> Cartography may well have been leap frogged by one forgotten expedition but things like the Antekythera mechanism keep pointing to unsung genius and strong ci

> Cartography may well have been leap frogged by one forgotten expedition but things like the Antekythera mechanism keep pointing to unsung genius and strong civilisation that we just assume did not exist - what if we were judged not by Feynmann but by Trump in 1000 years time? I agree with your first point, that we seem to be missing a lot of information and that early civilizations may have been more advanced than we suspect, in some ways. But I've re-read the second part a few times and I still don't know what you're getting at (beyond trying to make an "amirite?" political comment). Being judged by "Trump" means they would think we incredibly advanced because "Trump is stupid and would think we're amazing" or that we'd be judged as stupid because "Trump is stupid and wouldn't see what we had"? Likewise being judged by "Feynman" would cause us to be viewed as stupid because he's so smart or us as smart because he'd figured out how smart we are? Your point might be more effective if you termed it more concretely, instead of trying to relate it via two figures who exist in different spheres of human endeavours.