Suppose that every memory, written word,
and piece of technology on earth was
destroyed all at once, leaving humanity to
start completely from scratch. Everything we
have come to know about science would
eventually be discovered again. Given a few
thousand years, people would figure out
chemistry, and rediscover all of the same
elements we know about now. People would
once again understand biology, including its
evolutionary origins. People would eventually
see the motions of other galaxies in the sky,
and work out the details of the big bang, This
is the glorious part about science, it can and
would all be replicated.. I can assure you,
however, that your story about a talking snake
would be gone forever.
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