12-30-2017, 06:07 PM
(12-27-2017, 11:07 AM)Beaker Wrote: There is a line of thinking that humans have existed in their current form for over 100,000 years, and have had long stretches of history with very little technological advancement. There have also been periods of significant advancement interspersed among those long stretches. Some say aliens have always been among us and have provided those tech advances as humans have become more able to accept them. The huge tech leaps we have made in the 20th century were due to the fact that we had advanced enough in other areas of humanity that the aliens have felt we are at a place where those advances could be seamlessly integrated into our culture. In other words, we are not making all these amazing discoveries and advances all on our own.
Interesting theory, but there's two problems:
1) War - they wait until we're advanced enough to handle this, but let us have a nuclear bomb?
2) I don't believe any scientific evidence puts modern man at over 100k years old (closer to like 10k?).
Plus, random interspersed technological leaps is EXACTLY what I would expect to happen where that rare genius is born into a situation where he/she sees the problem and opportunity AND has the ability to change it.
If I went back 100 years, even with the idea and basic understanding of how computers work, I would have 0 chance of building one. I probably don't even know enough to give someone the idea of a blueprint. But maybe I do know enough to turn on the light bulb for someone who is capable, assuming I can find that person.
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