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by cchooper 6322 days ago
It makes no sense to say that the dictionary has it wrong. If you discovered that human beings were actually created by aliens for some sinister purpose then we would be their technology, but unless that's what you're proposing then the word just doesn't apply.

Technology doesn't mean 'impressive, complicated thing'. You can't say 'people are really special and a product of evolution' and infer that people are technology. It's like saying that red is a really beautiful colour and therefore is actually a shade of blue.

But even if you could say that it would be irrelevent, because it would be misconstruing what the unabomber meant.