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To: justa-hairyape
Their technology would probably appear God like to us.

Indeed. Just imagine how our current technology would look to someone living just a hundred years ago in 1919.

Some new inventions from 1910 -1919:

The zipper
The Oreo Cookie
Stainless Steel
First Crossword puzzle
First Pop-up Toaster
Lifesavers candy
First Military Tank

At our current accelerating rate of advancement, just think where we'll be a hundred years from today in 2119. I'm pretty sure the vast majority of us can't imagine that future.

12 posted on 06/19/2019 10:07:41 PM PDT by Windflier (Torches and pitchforks ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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To: Windflier

Hundred years ? Our planet is about 4 billion years old. And we were not one of the first solar systems. Think 1 million should be about a good average for their advancement. And yeah, they might as well be gods at that theoritical age.


21 posted on 06/19/2019 11:08:08 PM PDT by justa-hairyape (The user name is sarcastic. Although at times it may not appear that way.)
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To: Windflier

In the movie “They shall not grow old” with the old WWI footage and old interviews, there is a guy talking about how they were told to march 5 miles to reach the tanks.

They were amazed when they saw them. They thought they were heading to a meeting place near some water tanks!


24 posted on 06/19/2019 11:23:06 PM PDT by 21twelve (!)
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To: Windflier

Not sure if you can count Einstein as “technology” but he was making headway into the nature of the universe at that time, if not years before the zipper or Lifesavers candy.


28 posted on 06/20/2019 12:28:04 AM PDT by equaviator (There's nothing like the universe to bring you down to earth.)
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