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I agree that there would probably still be major cities at the same rivers, but they would not be speaking any language you would recognize. Also, it's not tha
by anyfoo 7y ago
I agree that there would probably still be major cities at the same rivers, but they would not be speaking any language you would recognize.
Also, it's not that hard to discover electric light if you have a fully working power supply already... just about any piece of conductive material that is too small to handle the current going through it will make some light of varying intensity, so that realization probably came very very quickly after the concept of electricity was born. (The hard part was then to make that light last.)
- Retric 7y agoDifferent language but a similar diet at the list of domesticated plants and animals has not changed all that rapidly. Which means at least some aspects of culture would be similar. As to light requiring a power supply that’s my point. Roll back 50 years to 1969 and they had integrated circuits, phones, radios, batteries, CCD, and networked computers. Without WWIII the odds seem high they would end up with highly capable cellphones with cameras, internet access, and reasonably familiar form factors due to human hands. GPS being a free public system links to a specific aircraft being shot down. So that’s questionable, but we had early satellite navigation. Thus, the odds are good the military at least would have a similar system and if nothing else a paid for version via private companies seems likely. Chaos theory uses the term strange attractors to these kinds of situations. Minor changes are generally going to end up in very similar situations.