>be me
>member of unfathomably advanced alien race
>checking in on the species inhabiting planets in my personal galactic supercluster
>this one species of ape takes thousands of years to do anything
>need to show them crop rotation multiple times before it catches on
>show them Go
>mfw it takes them 2500 years to begin investigating cellular automata, after they already have computers
>assume a human visage and begin explaining the most basic principles I possibly can
>"you can measure volume by displacing water" kinda shit
>i need to fucking demonstrate it with their monarch's jewellery before they pay attention
>okay they got that
>now write them a little textbook on how to invent calculus
>it even contains some results like volume and surface area of a sphere to get their attention
>mfw the textbook gets written over with religious texts
>mfw they remember the results but no-one in 1900 years thinks to try deriving them again
how do i get these hominids to learn anything anons
