Homo Habilis

[poliphilo]

I press a button. Morgan Freeman appears in front of me and says, "Shit". It's raining where he is. I press another button. He disappears.

I take this power for granted, but I don't have a clue how it works.

If our technology were to disappear tomorrow I wouldn't be able to do a thing to get it back. I don't even know how to smelt metal.

Maybe I'd have the wherewithal to go make myself a hand-axe, though I understand there's quite an art to knapping flint.

Left to my own devices I belong in the stone age- if that.

I have about as much aptitude for tool-making as a chimpanzee.

Comments

[thewayupward.livejournal.com]

Now I can't remember who said that a citizen is a person who, if need be, can recreate his own civilisation. Which is weird, because this quote used to bug me out. One of my favourite nightmares is being sent back in time accidentally!! and realising omfg I can't do anything. I figure I could probably create electricity (you need ... a lemon ... and, like, metal bits. And wire. hoo yeah) but then what would I do with it? Build a computer??

Anyway, I totally resolved my dilemma: I would teach everyone the scientific method and wait for the great minds of the age to work out computer-building for me. Views? ho ho ho

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

You see I couldn't even get that far. First find your lemon....

I didn't know that quote. And now I do I'm going to forget it again as quickly as I can. That's nightmarish.