Worse. My parents had a rather religious phase and sent me to a religious school. Science teacher literally said "carbon-14 dating is a lie from scientists that

Worse. My parents had a rather religious phase and sent me to a religious school. Science teacher literally said "carbon-14 dating is a lie from scientists that hate god". If I'd have read The Selfish Gene, or even A Brief History of Time as a kid, it'd have saved me a lot of time. Those things you list seem relatively good, no? Making a microprocessor from gates while " just hooking up " sounds pretty near idyllic.