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Originally Posted by TimMason
So here's what we've got: we write a bike city survival manual in Attic Greek, ship it back to Plato in a time-machine, he reads the manual, teaches it to one his slaves, then sends her back in the time machine. If she can get from Porte Maillot to the Arc de Triomphe on a Paris city council bike without mishap, we conclude that technical knowledge is universal and cross-culturally translatable.
P.S. We can give her a sack of chouquettes for the journey.
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You are hang out with writing. I bet you have never consulted a single manual of any gadget. We get Plato on the Esplanade and ask him to bring with him a pretty coworker so you can do with her the "teaching" and I take Plato around with his assistant. Then we all go and have refreshments at the Cafè Commerce. My treat.
Translate? Look he is going to bring his
best coworker, just small eye movements will be enough for you to have her completely convinced. Strictly cross-culturally.