On 10/25/2015 7:38 PM, Robert wrote:
> Kurt Feltenberger wrote:
>> I like the sci-fi aspect where things we don't know today, or
>> don't even conceive of today, are possible tomorrow using concepts that
>> to us are what a 747 or SSN would be to someone from 1000AD.
>
> I get tired of this variation of the argument from ignorance.
>
> Pi doesn't stop being pi in the Far Future.
> Gold will still have an atomic number of 79.
> Light will always be a particle and a wave.
> Etc.
>
> Knowledge is additive.
> What we know now doesn't go away because it's the day after tomorrow.
> Its importance will change.
>
> Technology will change. But it will have limits and will be internally
> consistent.
>
> I don't mind 'magic' technology either. Thought needs to be put into
> it, though, to prevent stupid consequences.
>
> "Guns made of marshmallows and candy sprinkles with infinite
> ammunition capacity" give me the shits.
> They do nothing for my 'sensawunda' and really detract from my
> enjoyment of a game or story.
>
> Just another gamer's thoughts.

Ignorance, Robert?  I never said constants would change, just that
applying what we know today and saying that something can't work because
science as we know it today can't make it happen is the problem.  We
just don't know what we don't know.

What we *knew* was possible even in 1850 would generally state that the
technology we have today is impossible, that it would be magic, and yet
as time progressed our efficiency and knowledge improved.

We're all entitled to our opinions, but let's leave the intentional
absurdity and insults out of it.

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Kurt Feltenberger
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“Before today, I was scared to live, after today, I'm scared I'm not
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