Just ran across this response. Forgot I even commented on this. That's sort of the point to me. Tech always gets cheaper, people usually don't. If you're we

Just ran across this response. Forgot I even commented on this. That's sort of the point to me. Tech always gets cheaper, people usually don't. If you're wealthy enough to buy a $20,000 rifle for fun (I'm assuming the kind of person that can buy a $20,000 rifle probably doesn't need it) then the time spent to learn to consistently hit the shots might be worth more than the money you spend on the rifle. Other than that, "This x doesn't accomplish anything that a well-trained human can't accomplish" could have been and likely was said about almost any technology that's existed. In a similar somewhat less historically accurate vein, I'm reminded of John Henry.