I don't know how relevant this might be, but I heard a story about how if we lost our technology through some sort of disaster or breakdown in society, within 3 generations you would have very few if any people left who could confirm that the technology was real. I know that seems crazy but when you think about it we take things like airplanes, cars, computers, telephones, pretty much all modern conveniences for granted. That's because for most of us these things have been an every day part of our lives since we were born. So if all of a sudden all these things stopped working, and people couldn't retain the documentation that they existed or actually worked it wouldn't be long before all the people who saw them work would die off. 50 years? 70 years? After that it would slowly fall into the realm of fantasy or myth.
If that is true, and I believe it is probably true, then there have probably been several types and or levels of technology that have been learned and lost and relearned over the course of human history. I believe mankind has always had the capacity, and desire to improve upon his/her life. So he/she is always loking and thinking "How can I make this job easier". There is so much about ancient man that we don't understand, and since we think we have become the brightest minds mankind has ever seen we don't believe our ancestors had the ability to do tasks that we can't do without our technology. I think a little humility on our part would go along way towards helping us rediscover our ancestors secrets. I don't believe aliens helped man accomplish any of the feats of our past or present. I truly believe we have been endowed by our creator with the ability to think, and problem solve our way out of everything.
Just my opinion, and I'm open minded enough to acknowledge I could be totally wrong. Trust me it wouldn't be the first time.:facepalm:
