I like you lch, so I won't beat this horse like some people might.
We've both said our piece on that, and I recognize the validity of both perspectives, even if you think I am just wrong.
I'll just say that I really didn't mean to imply that we can't perform these feats with similar or greater precision - using machines. Just that in many areas, stonemasonry as a prime example, we are dependent on the aid of those machines, and the prevalence (not existence) of such skills, is far less than in previous eras.
Oh, interesting thought to chew on as well - there are structures in Nepal that are hundreds of years old, constructed only of raw timbers, hay, and mud.
I don't doubt that the modern era will leave artifacts behind, but I would think they will be interesting, rather than amazing. See Antikythera.
Okay okay, but I didn't beat the horse, I only pet it. Nice dead horse, good boy.
