Say we found an artifact or piece of technology that wasnt created by humans. How would we go about reverse engineering it? How do technology companies reverse engineer competitors ideas?
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Go to McDonald’s and buy a big Mac. Open the box and take out the sandwich and then take the top bun off. From there, take the next item off and repeat the steps until you’ve separated each ingredient.
You now know all the components, basic amounts and the order of everything involved in the big Mac.
With very little extra effort you could recreate the big Mac from what you learned.
While this is an incredibly basic and simplified example, it is accurate in how reverse engineering works.
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