I think the point, with a more charitable reading of the parent comment, is that people forget the fundamental underlying technology and its inherent limitations.
"It's just a four wheeled platform powered by a box of controlled explosions" isn't a terribly useful description of a car until you get into a conversation with someone who thinks their car is depressed because it spends most of its time locked up in a garage.
"It's just a four wheeled platform powered by a box of controlled explosions" isn't a terribly useful description of a car until you get into a conversation with someone who thinks their car is depressed because it spends most of its time locked up in a garage.