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I think you have an interesting point. How many of us actually understand how most of our current advancements work? If society as we know it ended now, would I be able to recreate even the basic niceties ( fire, electricity, clean water, stable food supply, ice cars, circuits and so on )?

We use all those amazing tools while knowing only a fraction on how they actually work ( or what to do when they break ). Do we merely mimic or do we understand? GPT brought us to an interesting philosophical ledge.

edit: somewhat related tangent

My extended family member recently claimed she is a conscious consumer unaffected by advertising and therefore not concerned about targeted ads. Is she conscious if she picks what everyone around her picks as a way to fit into society or does she understand her choice, underlying forces and simply opts into them?