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Or perhaps they have already been where we are and have moved past it realizing there's a better way to live. My trek knowlege is pretty poor, but I want to sa

by blhack 17y ago

Or perhaps they have already been where we are and have moved past it realizing there's a better way to live. My trek knowlege is pretty poor, but I want to say this is the history of the Vulcan. They're extremely advanced technologically, but choose to live a simple life. Unlike the Na'vi, however, they don't shoot animals with neurotoxin-covered spears, growl at things that make them angry, or try to fight a war against people with guns using the aforementioned spears. The Vulcan are one of the most technologically advanced civilizations in The Federation. If the Na'vi were an advanced race that chose to live simply, dealing with the Humans wouldn't have been a problem for them.

rbanffy 17y ago
It's not certain technology evolves in the same direction everywhere. There were a million paths our civilization could have taken that would land us on very different societies than the one we are in now. It is one of the very few scenarios where a war between different civilizations would be interesting: one where the technologies are so different engagement is almost impossible and you simply can't tell which one is more advanced. I think Starship Troopers explored this idea very well: there were planets humans were not even aware they were bug colonies. All weapons are designed making certain assumptions about their target. If all assumptions are wrong, the weapon is very ineffective. You can't use a torpedo to sink a mountain. I didn't watch the movie, but from what I saw, I gather human technology can barely function there due to the magnetic fields of the gas giant and/or its moon. It's likely the technology evolved in such a place would be very, very different from ours.
gnaritas 17y ago
> The Vulcan are one of the most technologically advanced civilizations in The Federation. The Vulcans were one of the most technologically advanced civilizations in the Federation, but not any longer, you haven't been keeping up.
- heresy 17y ago
  Correction, that's only in the parallel universe. :)
  - gnaritas 17y ago
    Only if you buy that hypothesis, but I saw it in this universe, so that's the one it applies to. :) Very creative way to reboot the series without being constrained by the original though.

by blhack 17y ago

rbanffy 17y ago

It's not certain technology evolves in the same direction everywhere. There were a million paths our civilization could have taken that would land us on very different societies than the one we are in now. It is one of the very few scenarios where a war between different civilizations would be interesting: one where the technologies are so different engagement is almost impossible and you simply can't tell which one is more advanced. I think Starship Troopers explored this idea very well: there were planets humans were not even aware they were bug colonies. All weapons are designed making certain assumptions about their target. If all assumptions are wrong, the weapon is very ineffective. You can't use a torpedo to sink a mountain. I didn't watch the movie, but from what I saw, I gather human technology can barely function there due to the magnetic fields of the gas giant and/or its moon. It's likely the technology evolved in such a place would be very, very different from ours.

gnaritas 17y ago

> The Vulcan are one of the most technologically advanced civilizations in The Federation. The Vulcans were one of the most technologically advanced civilizations in the Federation, but not any longer, you haven't been keeping up.

heresy 17y ago
Correction, that's only in the parallel universe. :)
- gnaritas 17y ago
  Only if you buy that hypothesis, but I saw it in this universe, so that's the one it applies to. :) Very creative way to reboot the series without being constrained by the original though.