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>They have faster-than-light space travel, but image manipulation is unthinkable. See "The Road Not Taken" by Harry Turtledove, where the idea is that humans d
by mrob 8y ago
>They have faster-than-light space travel, but image manipulation is unthinkable.
See "The Road Not Taken" by Harry Turtledove, where the idea is that humans developed advanced technology only because they failed to figure out the trick for easy FTL travel.
- crooked-v 8y agoThat story's a bit "ehh" for me, not least of which in the way that it posits war of any sort without corresponding technological improvement. The opportunity to shoot new and exotic people has never stopped people from inventing new and exotic ways to shoot those new and exotic people.
- marktangotango 8y agoIt actually has, it’s often cited how long the Chinese had gun powder, but the Europeans perfected its use in war (so the analysis purports).