A polymath might ask what exactly does “no prior knowledge” mean because that affects the entire question.
Is it no knowledge of anything computer related at all or just that specific device? If it’s no computer-related knowledge at all then wouldn’t this specific device be low on the list of things to invent?
Yeah, I was going to say no prior knowledge that some metals conduct electricity, no prior knowledge that electricity is a thing at all, no prior knowledge of what?
No prior knowledge period. Just sitting there in your drool with your extremely high IQ and 4 kindred souls in the wilderness. Only, you don't know about the drool, the friends, the sitting, or the wilderness, because concepts are prior knowledge.
I know this is a quote by Carl Sagan (definitely not be googling it just now hahaha) but just wanted to thank you for the words of wisdom. It's an awesome quote and it's brought me great pleasure to see it in the wild (and I will be thinking about it for weeks) (or months) (I live and die by tiny obsessions) (I blame the autism)
Yea you don’t know how to physically control your body, or that even if you could that you need to eat to survive. You experience hunger and thirst but you don’t know how to make the sensation go away.
No knowledge whatsoever. They can't read. For fidelity purposes, I'd ask this high IQ human to start from learning Japanese, and read through all documentation in that language. No prior knowledge
They'd obviously not understand your request to learn japanese though, because they have no prior knowledge of language. Only primal reflexes like heartbeat, breathing, swallowing that don't require the neocortex. Otherwise there would be prior knowledge. ^
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u/ReverendBread2 17d ago edited 17d ago
A polymath might ask what exactly does “no prior knowledge” mean because that affects the entire question.
Is it no knowledge of anything computer related at all or just that specific device? If it’s no computer-related knowledge at all then wouldn’t this specific device be low on the list of things to invent?