Another thing to think about: maybe some of the things that are invented or come up with today don't seem as interesting because we live in this time period. As in, maybe the people in the old days didn't thing the invention of the wheel was a great accomplishment, but we think it is now. Could the things we do now truly amaze the people of the next generation?
-Allison *****
It could be possible. The things and accomplishments seem like nothing to us because we live with them everyday. Have you ever stopped and wondered about X-Ray machinees? Or the cancer treatment of Radiation? Both of these use the same science as nuclear bombs...so how do we not die or get sick everytime we get an X-Ray? Or the microwave. That sends off waves also. The computer is possibly one of the complex inventions used by everyday people. They have the programming to be smarter than the person using it, if it could possibly work on its own. We never stop to think about the inventions around us and marvel at their complexity. We live with them everyday so we are accustomed to them.
Yet some of the things invented or discovered hundreds of years ago seem spectacular. How could people invent/discover something of that difficulty with their limited reasearch tools? People only understand what they can comprehend. We "understand" computers and microwaves and other things because we can comprehend on some level as to why or how it was made. We understand that we have the tools and knowledge to invent these. Since we have not lived for hundreds and hundreds of years, we cannot understand how things were invented long ago. If this is true (which I believe it is possible) and we lived for all eternity, inventions would never seem surprising or amazing.
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