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If a person from 1700 asked you your job, would they understand your answer, and if not, how would you explain it to them? (lemm.ee)

submitted 8 months ago by JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] Tak@lemmy.ml 4 points 8 months ago (2 children)

So you teach rocks to use lightning to think

[–] Etterra@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Sounds like witchcraft to me. Might wanna just say you're a scholar instead lol.

[–] Tak@lemmy.ml 1 points 8 months ago

Just say you do it through god and you're good

[–] psud@aussie.zone 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

No, that's the chip fabs. That guy just tells the rocks what to think

[–] Tak@lemmy.ml 1 points 8 months ago

Nah those are the wizards who use light to carve the rocks. To think it needs software, otherwise it's like a dead person on life support with no brain activity, there's no thinking happening.