Backwards, for man.
In a recent UK survey, about 2000 children were asked about important events in history. About 20% of the children thought that the first man on the moon was actually the first toy on the moon, Buzz Lightyear, while others thought that it was actually cyclist Lance Armstrong.
One third of them did not know that Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone, ten percent said that Rolf Harris painted the Mona Lisa, and five percent believed that Christopher Columbus discovered, yep, liposuction!
I think that this explains a lot about the backpackers that I see on Bondi Beach.