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| Dec 15, 2017 at 23:47 | comment | added | goldPseudo | Even without any actual idea of how things work, simply having the vague knowledge that it's even a thing that's possible gives people a huge leg up over the generations of discoveries made purely by accident and only after more generations of of failure (e.g. even five year olds probably have an idea that, say, "fire" is even a thing that can be both useful and controlled, rather than just a random chaotic thing that eats your loved ones and scares away food). You'd pretty much need to strike out all memory of "technology" entirely, using the broadest possible definition of "technology". | |
| Dec 15, 2017 at 16:17 | comment | added | Ben Barden | Five-year-olds might wind up retaining a surprising amount, even so - at least enough to rederive writing and basic math. They'd probably also have some additional insight into useful tool shapes, and the concept of farming. | |
| S Dec 15, 2017 at 15:58 | history | edited | adaliabooks | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| S Dec 15, 2017 at 15:58 | history | suggested | Gryphon | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Dec 15, 2017 at 8:28 | history | answered | Damon | CC BY-SA 3.0 |