I admire what people built with stone tools, but at the end of the day, a modern skyscraper is a marvel of complex engineering with no rival in that world.
I'm not saying that NASA or CERN people were dumb or anything, they were probably smarter than the average dev today. But even a genius can only go so far with limited tools.
An elite slinger from the Roman times will probably lose at least 8/10 against a Russian mobilized soldier with 2 weeks of training, armed with an AK-47.
That's how progress works, we both learn ourselves, and more than that, we make powerful and accessible tools.
I'm not saying that NASA or CERN people were dumb or anything, they were probably smarter than the average dev today. But even a genius can only go so far with limited tools.
An elite slinger from the Roman times will probably lose at least 8/10 against a Russian mobilized soldier with 2 weeks of training, armed with an AK-47.
That's how progress works, we both learn ourselves, and more than that, we make powerful and accessible tools.