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Lastly, we want to draw attention to the following from the first paragraph "far in advance of their scientific and '''cultural''' knowledge". It's important to point out that not only are they using things they don't understand technologically, but for which they haven't considered the cultural, social, or ethical ramifications. It's one thing to give a hunter-gatherer society an [[Energy Bow]], but giving them a cloning device? Their society may crumble from the onset of massive [[Cloning Blues]], not to mention the ecological disaster of the massive population growth. It's because of this that many aliens (and future humanity) tend to subscribe to an [[Alien Non-Interference Clause]] or a [[You Are Not Ready]] attitude.
Related to [[Insufficiently Advanced Alien]], which is about a race that's interstellar, but every other tech they have sucks comparatively, ''and'' they probably don't understand it. Contrast [[Rock Beats Laser]]. The [[Noble Savage]] inverts this trope, being essentially High Culture, Low Tech. See also [[Bamboo Technology]], [[Aliens Never Invented the Wheel]], and [[Cargo Cult]]. Not to be confused with "[[Cyberpunk|High Tech and Low Life.]]" Contrast [[Comically Misidentified Foreign Technology]] where not only do they not know how the technology works, but are totally oblivious to its intended purpose.
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