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Originally Posted by Gawdzilla
Take someone from 1809 and show them your house. How many "gadgets" could they reproduce? The plastic shelves? The teflon pans? The LED tv? The electric coffee pot? The poor guy would freeze to death because he would be able to find a fireplace! I suspect that any aliens that do make here will be a bit beyond that 200 year gap.
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Do you really have to go back that far? Take someone from 1959 and empty your pockets and attache case: a cell phone would be hard enough for them to grasp; a Blackberry would blow them away; your laptop would seem like something out of 2001; and, your GPS would look like voodoo.
I don't think reverse engineering would be the problem -- it'd be an incredible leap for them to believe you weren't trying to deceive them.
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