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Some themes you can explore in your novel: - how the scientifc method itself develops, or whether it develops at all - how the tool affects the power structur
by Bakary 7y ago
Some themes you can explore in your novel:
- how the scientifc method itself develops, or whether it develops at all
- how the tool affects the power structure of society. Would its use be banned for the lesser classes? Would literacy itself be banned or discouraged?
- Would religions, art, or culture evolve differently? Would the biodiversity of ideas actually reduce?
Perhaps the most compelling angle would be the one where the tool doesn't work according to our modern technocratic expectations.
- bcaa7f3a8bbc 7y agoInsightful comment. > Would the biodiversity of ideas actually reduce? [...] the tool doesn't work according to our modern technocratic expectations. One failure mode immediately comes to my mind: some fields of researches would progress rapidly, but after a while the entire human civilization may stuck (like a broken hill climbing algorithm) at a local optimum forever and wastes a lot of time.