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I will admit that flint knapping does take a bit of practice, but to equate the tech level of a stone tool, no matter how finely made, with an integrated circui
by opwieurposiu 7y ago
I will admit that flint knapping does take a bit of practice, but to equate the tech level of a stone tool, no matter how finely made, with an integrated circuit is just silly. A troop of boy scouts can learn to generate a usable stone cutting edge from natural materials in an afternoon. Try making a CMOS nor gate from natural materials in an afternoon, you won't get very far.
- cnjjhdtiknvc 7y agoYou’re missing the point. “Tech levels” are completely meaningless. And by the way, it takes way longer than an afternoon to learn how to make a useable stone tool. You are clearly very misinformed about that, which reinforces my argument regarding selective ignorance’s role in grand narratives thinking.
- dang 7y agoIt's against the site guidelines to create new accounts for every few comments. Would you please read them? https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html It's particularly undermining of the community to do so in the same thread.