.....wouldn't it be hilarious if we had, say, a 16th-century person brought forward to today, and you sat them down in a room...and the HVAC came on?

Imagine the reaction they'd have to that. It'd be hilarious.

@munin I think electric lights alone would have them in a freaking tizzy
@Glytch Oh, possibly, but we'll assume recessed, indirect lighting for a minute ;-)
@munin @Glytch "Motherfucker, if this temperature change doesn't get you speaking, don't MAKE me show you what kind of whale oil we're burning. And if that shit doesn't scare you? . . . We're going to Disneyland. You don't even WANT to know what THAT is."