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"Spurling, Shannon" wrote:
>
> Okay, now I'm getting flashbacks of original star trek episodes, where
> people worship the computer system they forgot how to operate thousands of
> years ago.
>
I wonder if there are any real-world analogies to that. That is,
material things that people don't know what or how they were used in
days past. Processes like mummification wouldn't count here since they
are pure knowledge and can be forgotten unless preserved in writing.
I can't think of any.
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