Though many events are cherry picked, the trend is still quite a nice fit it seems. I would say exponential growth is rather plausible.
In fact it doesn't even need to take aliens to change our timeline. In Cosmos by Carl Sagan he often talks about so and so Greek guy that was basically correct but dismissed. They had some inkling of the experimental method but didn't pursue it. They knew about the motive powers of steam. They just didn't think much more of it I guess.
Re:Orbital Angular Momentum of Light
by Razengan on Sunday October 18, 2026 @02:37AM
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Why Ancient Rome, Greece, or even the Ancient Egyptians 5000 years ago didn't start an industrial revolution even though they had the manpower and maths to build the Pyramids, is always a fun "what if" alternative history to think about.
Though many events are cherry picked, the trend is still quite a nice fit it seems. I would say exponential growth is rather plausible.
In fact it doesn't even need to take aliens to change our timeline. In Cosmos by Carl Sagan he often talks about so and so Greek guy that was basically correct but dismissed. They had some inkling of the experimental method but didn't pursue it. They knew about the motive powers of steam. They just didn't think much more of it I guess.