11-21-2006, 04:33 PM
Quote:However, the Wrights are now getting all the credit, which simply is not theirs. It's like that old mistake of saying the Roman Empire ended in 476.
True. I've been teaching surveys lately - I guess I'm knee-deep in generalities.
Quote:tlclark:5kwwb1aw Wrote:Personally, I'd rather be the culture that invented warp drive, than the one that first put a man in orbit.Not me. Who know what you'll bring back? Why are (almost) all SF stories and theories so positive? I bet there's some big galactic empire out there that somehow missed us or does not bother. But when we invent warp drive... EEKS!
If that was true, they would have been here by now. I'm with Enrico Fermi on that one. Every single island in the pacific bigger than a rock was inhabited when Europeans discovered them. The pursuit of resources has caused humans to occupy every scrap of usuable land. I can't imagine it would be any different for any space-faring species.
If there was a galactic empire out there, we'd be toast already.
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