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Yes, you're right. It really doesn't take a genius to make a sourdough. But you're misunderstanding the tech people. They will take tying shoelaces to the genius level. Same with baking bread. And it's a lot of fun for a lot of us.

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Perhaps slightly off topic, but I have for years admired the cooking schematics on Cooking for Engineers. Here's the recipe for meat lasagne - scroll to the bottom and admire the schematic and the bonus layer diagram:

http://www.cookingforengineers.com/recipe/36/Meat-Lasagna

Edited to add: Oh, and you mentioned shoelaces, so the venerable Ian's Shoelace Site is a must:

https://www.fieggen.com/shoelace/

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