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> Try to imagine what a setback it would be to try to discover smelting or electricity underwater. It’s not an impossibility, but I suspect it’s inherently a sm
by ggambetta 4y ago
> Try to imagine what a setback it would be to try to discover smelting or electricity underwater. It’s not an impossibility, but I suspect it’s inherently a small fraction of underwater societies that discover it at all.
Try to imagine the number of things we haven't discovered because our civilization didn't develop underwater! Would be interesting to find out what the sentient alien dolphins and octopuses think of us and our disadvantaged air-based tech :)
- sdenton4 4y agoUnfortunately, space ships filled with water are even harder to drag out of the gravity well...
- ggambetta 4y agoMaybe antigravity is one of these technologies that is most easily attainable if your civilization develops underwater :P
- dylan604 4y agoif you lived in water, you might have discovered clever ways of breaking it down into H2 and O2 in ways we landlubbers haven't. seems like i've read somewhere where those elements are useful in escaping the gravity well.