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Oregon Coast, USA! or Bohol, Philippines!
Apr 1999
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They would grab a really hot blonde, who would be a real screamer. Hearing the screams, a hero would save her. Then the hero and blonde would kiss, and, we must assume, go straight to "the beast with two backs" routine.
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GePap
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of the Big Apple
Nov 2001
time: 23:28
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Originally posted by Lonestar
No Competition= slow growth.
Remember, Nescessity is the Mother of All Invention. In the WorldWar series, the Race's Invasion force had became so "flexible" by Race standards, they were treated with contempt when the Colonists arrived. Eventually the colonists started to change too, and Earth (Tosev) was treated with contempt by the rest of the Empire.
(They have sublight speeds, the Homeworld is Tau Ceti) |
Not really. Where was the competition inherent for, lets say, the Chinese after the emperors took over? The only times in which urban societies have stopped innovating, at leats in human history, is when political forces step in to squash innovation, in order to maintain the status quo. Europe saw a huge burst of innovation only in the last 500 years, which also happen to be the same time when vast new resources came into play. I think it could be argued that it was not the wars of Europe at this timet fed innovation, but that the innovations of the time fed the wars, since new spoils and new reasons to fight kept coming up.
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Because their planets Were large Desert planets with not much in the way of natural barriers. As a result, their culture unified and Homogenizaed fairly early. |
HGuan cultures of the great plains of NA and Asia, while sharing very similar economic lvelyhoods, never "homogenized", as such, even without huge barriers like mountains and so forth.
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Lonestar
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AECCP Dark Lord of the Sith
Aug 2000
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Originally posted by GePap
Not really. Where was the competition inherent for, lets say, the Chinese after the emperors took over? The only times in which urban societies have stopped innovating, at leats in human history, is when political forces step in to squash innovation, in order to maintain the status quo. Europe saw a huge burst of innovation only in the last 500 years, which also happen to be the same time when vast new resources came into play. I think it could be argued that it was not the wars of Europe at this timet fed innovation, but that the innovations of the time fed the wars, since new spoils and new reasons to fight kept coming up.
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But they never had no competitors at all. And they were at 21st leve tech (at least)
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HGuan cultures of the great plains of NA and Asia, while sharing very similar economic lvelyhoods, never "homogenized", as such, even without huge barriers like mountains and so forth. |
See above.
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Lonestar
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AECCP Dark Lord of the Sith
Aug 2000
time: 00:28
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Originally posted by GePap
What about nature and the elements? And they never had any internal political strife whatsoever?
See, this is the problem. We assume that something that may (may) be true for humans would be true for an alien race. So if the are "not passionate" and have "no political competition" then advancement MUST be slow. Well, that might make sense, to a HUMAN mind, but there is no objective reason why it would be true to a NONHUMAN and utterly NONTERRAN sentient being.
This is one of the reasons I ike Lem so much. He never write aliens, if only becuase he accepts that as a human, how could he write aliens? They are ALIEN. |
They have no real internal Political strife. They have an "Emperor WorshiP" system similiar to pre WW2 Japan.
Most of the series is from the Aliens' point of view, and they think that Humanity is "anomalous" because we're the 3rd race they've met, and we're the only Mammalian/always in season sentient race they've encountered.
So, if you were an alien and you'd encountered two previous races remarkably similiar to your own, what conclusion would YOU reach?
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Lung
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of my princess Anastasia!
Mar 1999
time: 15:28
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Originally posted by Sava
If the universe is infinite and assuming there isn't a God behind everything, there is life somewhere else out there. It's just a question of how far away it is. |
Not to mention, how when away it is/was/will be  Logically, life in the universe is plentiful , but intelligent life is rare, and due to it's nature, cannot stand still. Either it has wiped itself out, has stood still, or has evolved into something else, like bananas. Damn! The dreaded moron disease has struck again!! 
Winston, I am agnostic, and don't believe in UFO's. Belief in UFO's should not be differentiated against belief in leprechauns, dragons, fairies, and religion in general for that matter  However, to grandly claim as "preposterous", the notion that intelligent alien beings are beyond the realm of possibility is as closed-minded as it gets, and is based on cultural/religious beliefs as much as anything else.
And Lonestar, i would gladly read your thesis  BRING IT ON!!
Also, I see that i've opened up a can of worms. Good
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