LOL

IMO, it's clear that we are capable. All I am saying is that many older 'cultures' and 'civilizations' are worthy of study because they found stuff we didn't 'discover' until much later.

Recently, NASA was able to get a plane to fly at something like 6000 MPH. That would not have been possible fifty years ago because computers were not developed enough to control the plane while it is in flight going that fast. Stealth technology is one thing; getting a stealth plane to fly real fast and not crash requires computers. Hell, guys, I am amazed the Wright Brothers made their plane fly at all--but today's jumbo jets and supersonic transports owe their existence to some initial stumbling efforts. It is not about "they were better than us" so much as it's about they knew some stuff, too. And maybe, just maybe, some of the stuff they knew about could be of great help to this planet and the people on it.