Break a leg!Got a job interview tomorrow. Wish me luck!
Not your own!Break a leg!
How many surrendered?
It can make sense, people are things. Whether it truly makes sense depends entirely on your in-world justification, both what it is, and how it is presented to the readers.I'm writing a story that features a lot of psychics, would it make sense for an empath's abilities to evolve to also be able to do psychometry?
My pet theory (since I've written a couple fantasy novels in just such a setting) is that prolific magic use basically short circuits the need for an industrial revolution or age of reason. Why would anyone even look for a technological way to create a horseless carriage when someone already knows how to do it with magic?One thing that always depresses me about reading "high fantasy" novels:
These poor fuckers have been stuck with Medieval technology and society for tens of thousands of years. Basically condemned to not having a chance to live a better life for you and your offspring, ever.
I used to be hardcore but I haven't watched in a while.Any devout Bachelor/Bachelorette fans on this forum? I might have something for you.
I don't watch it, but I know I have some relatives that are obsessed. :/ But I bet you have something awesome for someone here.Any devout Bachelor/Bachelorette fans on this forum? I might have something for you.
And without industry's capacity to consume resources, colonization and foreign conquest becomes less cost effective, so there are fewer pressures leading to major wars, thus taking away another pressure for social development - many of DaVinci's great machines were commissioned as designs for the defense of Florence; metallurgy was crucial to the development of better cannon, etc.My pet theory (since I've written a couple fantasy novels in just such a setting) is that prolific magic use basically short circuits the need for an industrial revolution or age of reason. Why would anyone even look for a technological way to create a horseless carriage when someone already knows how to do it with magic?
Science has its roots in spiritualism, philosophy, and the occult. Alchemy led to chemistry. Alchemy didn't work, but it did lead to increased learning about how the world actually worked.
But imagine if it had worked. Why would anyone have stopped to go a different direction? Why would anyone ever grow bacteria and accidentally discover penicillin when wounds can be healed with a word? Why would anyone even try to grow bacteria in the first place or even know that they exist? There'd be no push for the age of enlightenment era discoveries to take place.
And the industrial revolution was all about shifting human labor to machine labor. If you can already do the equivalent of that, the revolution never happens. Who's going to create an internal combustion engine when you can get around magically by flying or teleporting?
Of course, that doesn't mean that society has to be stuck in a medieval era...but with the lack of a strong middle class (which was a direct result of industrialism), and with another strong elite class to act as great powers (mages), then there's a good argument that societal progress would stagnate at that level.
And yeah, that sucks for peasants.
My wife is interested but doesn't have the time/opportunity to watch regularly.Any devout Bachelor/Bachelorette fans on this forum? I might have something for you.
And Salarians, being a relatively young race, and short lived, advance even faster.And without industry's capacity to consume resources, colonization and foreign conquest becomes less cost effective, so there are fewer pressures leading to major wars, thus taking away another pressure for social development - many of DaVinci's great machines were commissioned as designs for the defense of Florence; metallurgy was crucial to the development of better cannon, etc.
Actually, this is part of my headcanon explaining why the Asari in Mass Effect aren't centuries ahead of humans in terms of technology - and in many way have a far less developed society. So, the Asari have a natural lifespan of close to 1,000 years, they cannot reproduce accidentally or against their will, and they are all natural biotics. That means they are prone to think long term (since they'll be around to see it through) and population growth is extremely stable, and they have less need for beasts of burden or machine labor because of their biotics. Scientific advancement is slow as a result, more along the lines of "natural philosopy" of Aristotle that gets continually refined. Society stabilizes at the city-state level, with many of the young traveling extensively from place to place during the maiden phase to gain cultural exposure and seek out new things. As a result, trade networks develop, as well as commerce. There is no need to expand into empires, and no need for standing armies, with local peacekeepers and justicars sufficient to keep the peace, and bands of well-trained commandos sufficient for raids to either capture a resource or disrupt an opponent's operations. With much less impetus to drive them forward, and a more nurturing mindset pushing towards stable, sustainable societies, technological advances that took humans decades take the Asari centuries. Their Bronze Age might have lasted 8 or 9 thousand years instead of around 2500 or so for most human cultures. Sure, they might have been colonizing other worlds during the peak of the Roman Empire, but the same advances that took them 40,000 years took humanity less than 5,000 years.
For starters, lots of Chinese food I can't get at home.What all are you planning to photograph this time?