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> Is it war in general that accelerates material technology, or simply WWII The reply did not miss the point, it was addressing a question directly posed in th

• margalabargala 5mo ago
  It didn't, though, the question you quoted is a rhetorical question posed to point out the awkwardness of the original piece's phrasing. By taking the question seriously, you and the person I replied to both have missed the point.
• defrost 5mo ago
  As the poser of the obviously rhetorical question in question ... for many speakers of English as a first language seeped in the conventions of English conversation, storytelling, and literature it was a clear juxtaposition intended to single out the ridiculous proposition that technology advances during wartime are somehow tied to WWII alone. Have a look at the original sentence again, it's absolutely a clunker, very probably the product of a clanker (or of an ESL human).