Re:Would it be possible to detect an industrial civilization...
by zaphirplane on Sunday September 27, 2020 @07:10AM
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Why do you think that an old civilization with deeply held beliefs of gods, magic, seers, oracles ... etc find it hard to believe that a library worth of books has been shrunk down. There is only a small window where magic/gods was being supplanted by monotheistic dogma that is plausible.
On the other hand you tell me this dot contains the total sum of knowledge and I’d be nice ... or a drop of this liquid would destroy a solar system I’d be where is the lid
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Re:Would it be possible to detect an industrial civilization...
by eru on Sunday September 27, 2020 @10:23AM
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What people profess to believe in and how they act are two different things.
Re:Would it be possible to detect an industrial civilization...
by filoeleven on Tuesday September 29, 2020 @06:25PM
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There’s a huge difference between belief in an artifact as holding magical powers and the expectation that you could make practical use of it.
I might be wrong about the emperor’s belief. I chose an SD card particularly because it looks insignificant. Getting an emperor to say “this is a sacred relic” is still a long way off from getting an emperor to say “let us endeavor to unlock the secrets of this relic.”